Tag: Number Talks

To celebrate digital learning week P7a were very busy with ICT.

Mrs Gordon create a survey in “forms” within glow and uploaded it to yammer where most of the children answered it. The survey was about the use of Number Talks in class. For her Practitioner Enquiry Mrs Gordon is investigating whether the use of Number Talks 3 times a week can increase confidence an ability in mental maths.

Mrs Gordon was immediately able to view and download the results of her survey and was delighted to see that  90% of the class think that the use of Number Talks has increased both their confidence and ability in mental maths.

The children posted comments such as “I always used to write my answer down, but now because of all the strategies that I have learnt it makes it easier for me to count in my head”, “because my classmates have showed me different strategies” and “I am able to multiply with numbers above 12”.

Mrs Gordon arranged for a skype call with P7b in Linlithgow Primary School this week. We had a few technical issues, and once we got over the excitement of seeing each other we asked some questions about transition, to let us get to know each other better.