I have officially finished with the Discovering Mathematics module! Reflecting back on my time I think that I have greatly expanded my mathematical knowledge, thought about ideas I hadn’t considered before and most importantly had fun! I think that having fun should be the foundation of any mathematical class, concept or learning. This, I believe, […] Continue reading →

In a lecture with Elizabeth Lakin we discussed the ways in which teaching science and mathematics may be problematic. We discussed how sometimes for a child the application of a skill set or knowledge from one subject to another can often be difficult, this is widely applied to mathematics and science. Again I am going […] Continue reading →

How likely are we to win big when gambling? Gambling is entirely centered around probability, the likeliness of a win or result. We bet on the likeliest result and cross our fingers for a result. Once every now and again, we will win, so how can it then be said that the bookies always win, […] Continue reading →

Cake again! When baking a cake, you use an incredible amount of mathematical processes, but you don’t think of the mathematics you are using as you are doing it. When measuring the ingredients for a cake, we use the basic knowledge of measurement taught to us in primary school. You need 500g of sugar for […] Continue reading →

One of life’s’ burning questions, what came first, the chicken or the egg? In a lecture with Richard we discussed statistical information and data analysis, and the same premise from the question above became applied to our discussion.                         Do you record the data first, or do you interpret the data first? Similarly, this seemed […] Continue reading →

I remember learning fractions in school, and every teacher, without fail, related the idea to cake! As you can imagine this was very engaging as a child, and now in my later life I often will say “I will have a third of that cake please”. That’s if I decide to share it! Most of […] Continue reading →

When I first started this module and we were introduced to the idea of ‘profound understanding of fundamental mathematics’ (PUFM), I was slightly terrified. It sounds terribly confusing but actually it boils down to very simple concepts. “By profound understanding I mean an understanding of the terrain of fundamental mathematics that is deep, broad and […] Continue reading →