Data Worth Seeing
Block graphs, Pie Charts, even mean median and mode will always be useful, but there are new techniques and technologies that can make data even more meaningful. In this Data Visualization talk from...
View ArticleMaths+Creativity 1.1
In his entertaining and TED talk from 2006, Sir Ken Robinson made a clear case for creating an education system that encourages creativity. He pointed out that creativity is a vitally important part of...
View ArticleToddler’s Maths Competencies
The International Journal of Early Childhood recently published some interesting research on the mathematical competencies as shown in their play. It is an interesting read for anyone working with...
View ArticleArithmetic and Financial Lunacy
Just as the Government swings the focus back on ‘arithmetic’ and away from ‘mathematics’ Shyama Perera made me smile with this statement in the Telegraph: She then outlines the games she played with...
View ArticleSecret Teacher – Children not Data
The Guardian Newspaper’s Secret Teacher tells us that “No amount of data or spreadsheets can alter the fact that all students progress at different rates” (Secret Teacher: our students deserve more...
View ArticleUnderstanding Primary Mathematics
Tony Cotton’s marvelous Understanding and Teaching Primary Mathematics is now in its 2nd edition. Why is this important? Well if you are fairly new to teaching primary aged children you are going to...
View ArticleITP Online Resources
You may have thought that those old, plain (but very useful) Interactive Teaching Programs for the Primary Strategy had been lost when the Government archived all the old material. Now, although many...
View ArticleVII Roman Numeral Resources
With Roman Numerals making a bit of a ‘comeback’ in the new Primary Curriculum for Mathematics we thought it was a good opportunity to look through a few Roman Numeral maths resources. The current...
View ArticleMathsticks on the Move
Summer’s here… well it seems like it’s been here for a week or two already – let’s all hope it stays for a while longer so we can really enjoy it. Now, I’m pretty sure that most of us will not have...
View ArticleSomething for September?
Calling all Mathsticks members and fans. Throughout the Summer we plan to continue developing the mathsticks resource website: - more resources and ideas, - new projects - more mobile...
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