Mathematics Teaching 204 - September 2007
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Features
Addition and subtraction, and algorithms in general - David FielkerBuy MT2040305 for £3
The most striking consequence of not teaching standard algorithms was that pupils were always free to use whatever aids were at their disposal in order to invent their own.
Deconstructing calculation methods: Part 2 - Ian ThompsonBuy MT2040608 for £3
In the second of a series of four articles, Ian Thompson deconstructs the primary national strategy?s approach to written subtraction. The first in the series, on addition, was published in MT202.
Letter in response to this article
More than ladders - Mark LeadbetterBuy MT2040911 for £3
Mark Leadbetter describes a 200-year-old ladder problem that can carry learners to high levels of mathematical thinking and activity.
Ladder Problem GSP file to accompany this article
Volume proofs without calculus - Burkard PolsterBuy MT2041213 for £3
How do you convince learners up to GCSE level of formulæ like V=4/3πr³ and S=4πr² if they don't know calculus? Here are some suggestions...
Functioning mathematically: 2 - David CainBuy MT2041517 for £3
The closing address to the 2007 ATM Easter conference at Loughborough was given by David Cain. He has rewritten it slightly for publication in MT. The first part appeared in MT203. In this second part he looks at ways of creating conditions to bring about learning.
Conference report - Ray Sutton
Although I had learned such a lot already this year by working alongside other teachers, nothing could prepare me for this smorgasbord of mathematical and pedagogical delights.
Mathematics is a spectator sport - Colin Foster and Helen WilliamsBuy MT2044041 for £3
Why is mathematics not a spectator sport when it seems to me that many other human endeavours have an essential ‘spectator’ element to them?
Subjective mathematics - Derek Ball
As usual, I found MT202 full of interest and was fascinated by the number of threads I found running through it. Here are some of them.
Centre feature
Polyhedra in Poland - Piotr PawlikowskiBuy MT2042326 for £3
Polish students learn about Platonic solids in the final year of secondary grammar school, but in such a way that few perceive the beauty of this branch of mathematics.
From the classroom
Using structured apparatus - Dorothy LathamBuy MT2042731 for £3
Dorothy Latham describes how the Stern apparatus can help to achieve the goals of the renewed primary mathematics framework.
Mathematics and Lego robots - Janus Halkier Hansen and Rune TraeholtBuy MT2043233 for £3
Janus Halkier Hansen and Rune Træholt describe their pupils’ mathematical participation in an international Lego-robot contest in Atlanta.
Research
Reflecting on pace - Margaret Sangster
Margaret Sangster describes her research into the whole-class teaching section of student teachers? primary school mathematics lessons.
Dyscalculia in Harrow - Chris Messenger, Jane Emerson and Ronit BirdBuy MT2043739 for £3
Chris Messenger, Jane Emerson and Ronit Bird describe the background to and initial progress of the Harrow Dyscalculia Project.
Shorts
Ethel Merman meets the QCA - Anne Watson
A salutary tale - Caroline Rickard
Conditions for learning: a footnote on pedagogy and didactics - Paul Andrews
An interesting English tradition is the almost complete avoidance of words like pedagogy and didactics in educational discourse.
A smart LCD - Dietmar Kuchemann
A video camera LCD screen acts rather like a window when in the conventional position but like a mirror when flipped over.
Regular features
Reflections - Barbara Ball
When I was teaching for 40 weeks of the year, I had to believe in what I was doing ? and to some extent in the system within which I had to work – or otherwise I would not have survived.
12 Correlation Street - Jonny Griffiths
Webwatch - Peter Shatwell
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