November 28, 2016
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Comments Off on There’s maths in art… No i’m not going crazy!
Until I chose ‘Discovering Mathematics’ as my elective this year I was totally unaware just how much mathematics affects us in our everyday life’s during absolutely everything we do. One of the recent things that I have learnt is that maths is used just as much in a maths class as it is in an […] Continue reading
November 28, 2016
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Comments Off on Profound Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics
“Teachers must have a profound understanding of fundamental mathematics.” – Liping Ma, 2010 To teach maths, you must first understand maths. To understand maths you have to be fully engaged and willing to put yourself in your pupils’ shoes and learn. Liping Ma states that this is one of the most important factors in terms […] Continue reading
November 28, 2016
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Comments Off on Lets have fun, lets do maths!
One of the most important factors for me to have children engage with mathematics at a level that they want to learn and more important understand what they are learning is to make sure they enjoy what they are learning. In order for this to happen it is up to us, as teachers, parents and […] Continue reading
November 28, 2016
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Comments Off on Han’s The Magical Horse
The question can animals count arose during one of our mathematics inputs and it got me to thinking, well can they? We had been looking at Von Osten and his clever horse, Hans. Osten had a keen interest in animal intelligence and with the help of Hans, this would ultimately win him some degree of […] Continue reading
November 1, 2016
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Comments Off on I HATE MATHEM… Oh actually it’s not that bad!
Primary 5… some dreary day in mid-November. Maths test. The dread I felt when the teacher uttered the words the moment we came back into the classroom from morning break have never left me. I would not say I ‘fear’ maths however, it genuinely makes me feel uneasy. I think the main reason for this […] Continue reading
