For all the rich maths tasks and probing questions in this series, and for the pedagogy behind the concept, please visit the Probing Maths Questions Index page. At the start of the month, I launchedContinue reading
Month: September 2014
@TESMaths Resource of the Day: 22nd to 28th September
Each day I select one of my favourite free maths resources that have been uploaded and shared by the generous and incredibly talented users of the TES Maths website and tweet it out via @TESmaths. I call thisContinue reading
Maths Diagnostic Question Bundles 6: Transforming Functions, Circles, etc
We are edging ever closer to 3000 mathematics diagnostic questions and 6000 followers on the Maths Diagnostic (hinge) Questions website. I am so pleased the website is proving popular and seems to be going downContinue reading
New Maths Curriculum Collection 1: Basic Arithmetic & Number Operations
Each fortnight, I will put together a selection of resources designed to help cover the objectives of the new maths curriculum for secondary schools (Key Stage 3). These are all freely available from the TESContinue reading
TES Maths Resource of the Week 50 – Free Maths Resource Library
The following resource has been kindly shared on the TES Maths website. It is available to download for free by registering. And to access all the lovely Resource of the Week (ROTW) resources, just click hereContinue reading
BBC Radio 4 – The Educators – Jo Boaler
Just the other day, me and 4 of my lovely students from Thornleigh Saleisan College, Bolton, were interviewed as part of the BBC Radio 4 series “The Educators”. The programme featured Jo Boaler outlining herContinue reading
GCSE Maths Update from AQA
Today Andrew Taylor, Head of Mathematics at AQA, posted an update on the new GCSE Maths Specification on the TES Maths Forum. I thought it was worth reproducing here: Hello, As you may know, furtherContinue reading
TES Top 10 Resources: Decision Maths
The following collection of resources have been assembled by theTES Maths Panel. They can be downloaded for free by registering on the TES website. Decisions shape our lives. Decision maths helps us balance the alternativesContinue reading
TES Top 10 Resources: Assessment, feedback and questioning
The following collection of resources have been assembled by theTES Maths Panel. They can be downloaded for free by registering on the TES website. John Hattie’s 2008 book, Visible Learning, is the largest ever collection ofContinue reading
Question of the Week 9: Chinese Multiplication
The following question is taken from my website Diagnostic Questions. Here you will find 1000s of free, high quality maths multiple choice diagnostic / hinge questions, ideal for assessment for learning, which have been created andContinue reading
@TESMaths Resource of the Day: 15th September to 21st September
Each day I select one of my favourite resources that have been uploaded and shared by the generous and incredibly talented users of the TES Maths website and tweet it out via @TESmaths. I call this feature ResourceContinue reading
TES Maths Resource of the Week 49 – San Gaku
What is it? According to the author, San Gaku, also known as Japanese Temple Problems, are challenging geometric puzzles. And when he says they are challenging, he is not wrong! Students will need knowledge ofContinue reading
Diagnostic Question Bundles 5: FDPs, 3D Co-ordinates, Trigonometry Graphs
Plenty of brand new maths diagnostic (hinge) multiple choice questions for you this week, as I try my very best to maintain my “5 questions a day” challenge. And please, check out the Question of the WeekContinue reading
Question of the Week 8: Domain and Range of Inverse Functions
The following question is taken from my website Diagnostic Questions. Here you will find 1000s of high quality maths multiple choice diagnostic / hinge questions, ideal for assessment for learning, which have been created and sharedContinue reading
TES Maths Newsletter 46
Check out the resources and links in the newsletter below. They all link to the very best TES Maths resources, which are completely free once you register on the website. In this edition of the TES MathsContinue reading
@TESMaths Resource of the Day: 8th to 14th September
Each day I select one of my favourite free maths resources that have been uploaded and shared by the generous and incredibly talented users of the TES Maths website and tweet it out via @TESmaths. I call thisContinue reading
Diagnostic Question Bundles 4: Time, Pythagoras, Surds, Algebra and more
Not quite as many new sets of maths diagnostic (hinge) questions as I would have liked this week, but I do have a good excuse… I have completely rewritten the taxonomy / subject list usedContinue reading
TES Maths Resource of the Week 48 – Adding Fractions 4 in a Line
The following resource has been kindly shared on the TES Maths website. It is available to download for free by registering. What is it? Another simple idea this week, but one that is certainly both engagingContinue reading
@TESMaths Resource of the Day: 1st September to 7th September
Each day I select one of my favourite resources that have been uploaded and shared by the generous and incredibly talented users of the TES Maths website and tweet it out via @TESmaths. I call this feature ResourceContinue reading
Diagnostic Question Bundles 3: Functions, Place Value, Congruency and more!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, so after making my big claim that I was going to write 20 diagnostic (or hinge) questions a week for my website back in July, I officially lasted two weeks! Well, thisContinue reading