Secondary maths teaching resources and reflections
Product of Primes: Extending and Deepening Understanding ResourcesDownload In moving schools, there's often also a move in curriculum. Mostly, this affects the sequencing of content, and as such, the links you emphasise while teaching. (I could talk about curriculum sequencing in maths all day - I find it fascinating.) This has meant that while I've … Continue reading Product of Primes: Extending and Deepening Understanding
I posted this question to Twitter from the recent mock exam our year 11s did for further maths. It's lovely. The 30 'feels' wrong, and it's a perfect question to demonstrate how at a certain point, mathematically, we've just got to pootle off and see what happens - something I find low prior attaining students … Continue reading Powers: Bits and Bobs
Reasoning With PowersDownload I'm really enjoying pushing the conceptual understanding of a given topic area beyond its reasonable examinable example to stretch pupil thinking at the moment. The questions in this post were used in a year 8 lesson after product of primes as beastly extension questions that try to force students to appreciate the … Continue reading Reasoning With Powers
Power and Roots ResourcesDownload Powers are not easy. They're the first operation where there are implied operations. A power is a position of two numbers rather than a symbol. This is a ridiculous idea if you're a kid. Why isn't there a symbol for it? Why does the shape and size of numbers affect what … Continue reading Powers and Roots
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