The Focused 15—a look at the Grimsby Institute’s Centre for Maths Excellence GCSE Resit SoW
Presented by Emma Bell at TMMathsIcons on 22 February 2020. Shared with permission.
Resit Maths: How to motivate students to pass 2nd time around
Presented by Claire Vourgidis at TMMathsIcons on 22 February 2020. Shared with permission.
Presentation by Dan Draper at TMMathsIcons on 22 February 2020, shared with permission.
Find Your Bearings: Why All Curriculum Is Compromise
Dan Draper’s had enough of talking about the maths curriculum in absolutes. In this talk he’ll outline why there’ll never be a ‘perfect’ curriculum for maths and what we can learn from other subject domains who have done something about it. Expect some lovely maths and some clunky metaphors.
Interleaving in KS3 & 4 — what works well & lessons learned
Presented by Jason Steele at TMMathsIcons on 22 Feburary 2020. Shared with permission.
Prime Factor Tiles
Presented by Jonny Hall at TMMathsIcons on 22 February 2020. Shared with permission. Works hand in hand with https://mathsbot.com/manipulatives/primeTiles
Presentation by John Bald—@JohnBaldLangLit at TMMathsIcons on 13 February 2021,
John Bald—@JohnBaldLangLit
First steps in geometry, with reference to Dehaene’s How We Learn
Presented by - Simon Singh—@ SLSingh at TMMathsicons 13th February 2021
Building a Path to Excellence in Mathematics
As well as discussing his efforts to popularise mathematics, Simon Singh is best known as the author of books such as “Fermat’s Last Theorem” and “The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets”. However, in this talk he will be outlining two free initiatives that can help stretch good students and put them on the path to excellence.
Presentation by Sudeep Gokarakonda—@boss_maths at TMMathsIcons on 13 February 2021, shared with permission.
Storytelling
Stories have made humans as much as humans have made stories.
In this session, we’ll look at the latest research into how our brains are
wired for story, and how we can harness the power of storytelling to the
benefit of our students.
Presented by Nicola Whiston at TMMathsicons 13th February 2021
Nicola Whiston—@whisto_maths
There’s More to Maths than just Numbers
Discovering the importance of developing literacy and cultural knowledge in maths, using Frayer Models and guided reading tasks.