nth term Question Generator Tool

Maths Teaching Made Easier (MTME) resource.

Excel macro driven spreadsheet to demonstrate step by step how to find the nth term of a linear sequence.
Make sure you enable the macros when opening this file. This is a site licence.

Its very intuitive as you only need to click on the clearly labelled colour coded buttons to reveal the next step with the workings shown.

Go through an example, get them to have a go and those students that can do it, you can you can get them onto something else, and as for those who got stuck you are easily positioned to do another example with them at a the click of a button. Ideally pausing and questioning them as you go along.

Can be used for explanations, recap and recall of previous work etc.
I really enjoy being able to pause and asking questions to the class as to what the next step for quick AfL.

Many examples can be generated on the fly, leaving the teacher fully in control.

This is something that powerpoints and worksheets can’t really do.

You can even do it as I watch me task because I’m going to ask you about it in a bit. What did I do? Why did I do it?