November 7, 2017
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Comments Off on Profound Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics
If someone asked me two months ago what ‘profound understanding of fundamental mathematics’ was, all I could tell you it was something to do with maths. PUFM sounds very confusing and complicated, when in fact it is quite the opposite. Over the course of this module, my understanding of this statement has developed greatly, and […] Continue reading
November 7, 2017
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Comments Off on Maths and Sport
As a child I wasn’t particularly sporty. However, I did try. In my 6th year of school I did crash Higher PE which was certainly an eye opener to how bad at sport I really was. I was forever put in the good team, instead of the really good team but this didn’t mean to say I […] Continue reading
November 7, 2017
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Comments Off on Maths as a Language? đź“–
Far too often I hear people associating maths as numbers and languages with words and speaking. As I read into discovering maths more, I realise that this is not the case and it can have an impact on how children learn. Liping Ma’s discovery has taught to be cautious about the words i use while […] Continue reading
November 6, 2017
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Comments Off on Maths Anxiety
I’m sure most of us can relate to the overwhelming feeling of distress and confusion when being asked a maths question and knowing you are going to get the answer wrong, or when staring at a set of questions in a textbook and being completely clueless of where to start, sending your brain into panic […] Continue reading
November 6, 2017
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Comments Off on Music and Mathematics…
Being brought up in a very musical family meant that much to mum’s annoyance, there was never a quiet moment in the house. It also resulted in ‘happy birthday’ being sung as a riff off or in several harmonies! I had singing lessons up to the end of high school and thoroughly enjoyed being […] Continue reading
November 6, 2017
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Comments Off on Maths in relation to Field Hockey
Hockey is a sport which I have played since I’ve been in primary 4. It’s something I train for 3 times a week whilst playing 2 games throughout the week. However, even though I’ve played this sport for many years I had never thought about the connection and relation it had to maths. Therefore, after […] Continue reading
November 6, 2017
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Comments Off on Profound Understanding Of Fundamental Mathematics
Before starting the “discovering maths” module, I had never heard of PUFM (profound understanding of fundamental maths). To be honest I thought it sounded quite daunting, however, after doing some research and breaking it down I discovered that PUFM is not quite as intimidating as I had thought. It consists of 4 principles and according […] Continue reading
November 6, 2017
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Comments Off on Reflection on maths in sports!
Previously, it hadn’t occurred to me about maths in sports. If I was playing a sport, my main aim and line of thought would be to try and score, or win, along with using some tactics. Therefore, today’s workshop about maths in sports really opened up my eyes to see how the fundamentals of mathematics […] Continue reading
November 6, 2017
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Comments Off on Curiosity in Science
This is all about curiosity and why it is important to promote curiosity amongst children. Continue reading
November 5, 2017
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Comments Off on History of Time Keeping
Before clocks were invented, time was kept using different instruments to observe the sun passing through the meridian at noon (the meridian is an imaginary line running from the North to the South Pole). The earliest instruments used for timekeeping that we know of are sundials and water clocks. Sundials– (3500BC) A sundial is able to […] Continue reading
November 5, 2017
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Comments Off on Protected: Psychology – Learning and Memory
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November 5, 2017
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Comments Off on Global Health Challenge 2017
The Global Health Challenge 2017 (GHC17) is a fantastic opportunity to work together to address local challenges. This year, I have had the privilege of working together with a group of students to address an issue in Dundee’s local community, and come up with some sort of solution to help other people be able to …
November 4, 2017
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Comments Off on Exploring Edinburgh!
Whilst Steph and I had Stephanie’s friend from America, Apshara, over for the week. We thought we should take a trip to the capital to show her a little more of Scotland. Perfect time for another Social Studies blog! *** When we arrived in Edinburgh, we decided to go to Princes’ Street Gardens and the …
November 4, 2017
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Comments Off on Can Maths be Fun?
Many people scrunch up their face or roll their eyes when they think of maths, many believe that it is boring. I reckon it does not have to be that way- maths can be fun! I believe that we as teachers need to liven up the idea of maths and bring in cross curricular […] Continue reading
November 4, 2017
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Comments Off on Can Maths be Creative?
I personally believe that often in today’s world we can limit the idea of maths to calculations, equations and many hours of working things out. We don’t take time to consider just how complex and essential this subject is. Hom (2013) describes maths as “the science that deals with the logic of shape, quantity and […] Continue reading
November 4, 2017
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Comments Off on The Pentatonic Scale is Everywhere
As I discovered on Thursday, maths and music have many links, far more than I had previously considered. Seeing myself as reasonably musical, I had not given much thought to linking music with maths and if I’m honest I didn’t know there was such a thing. As a group we were asked to reflect on […] Continue reading
November 4, 2017
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Comments Off on Analogue Clocks: Pointless and Confusing?
Living in a digital world, I ask the question: do we need to teach pupils how to read an analogue clock in schools? Although most of us have converted to digital clocks in our online, digital world with our smartphones, computers and televisions; we cannot deny that our encounters with analogue clocks are not completely […] Continue reading
November 3, 2017
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Comments Off on Poetry can be fun?
Last week in our languages module with Anna, we were learning about writing poetry. When I heard that we ourselves were going to be writing some poetry, I was dreading it. From my experiences in school, poetry was not in the slightest bit fun. It was all about analysing the poems and writing essays on […] Continue reading
November 3, 2017
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Comments Off on The Truth is; The Game Was Rigged From The Very Start
“The good news is that in every deck of fifty-two cards there are 2 598 960 possible hands. The bad news is that you are only going to be dealt one of them” Anthony Holden (no date) A famous saying goes, that one must “play the hand they are dealt” with in life. This is […] Continue reading
November 3, 2017
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Comments Off on Maths and Art
In last week’s input with Anna we were looking into the relationship between maths and art. We looked at Mondrian, Fibonacci and the Golden Ratio – Phi. Piet Mondrian was a Dutch artist who focused on Pointillism and Cubist art. His art was very geometric and is seen a lot in modern day art. – https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/piet-mondrian?gclid=CjwKCAjwssvPBRBBEiwASFoVd_XWXluR5gKRvWAB9ZhvVXuoW08LlVXAJYz3SyyIHQROWYoqqD5VpBoCdMYQAvD_BwE […] Continue reading
