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Posted on September 16, 2019 by Sarah-Anne Fernadez
The 2019 Key Stage 2 SATs results have been published. For mathematics, the percentage of pupils achieving the expected standard is the highest yet at 79%. This is up by 4 percentage points from 2018, but an increase of 5 percentage points from 2016.
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Posted on March 20, 2018 by Sarah-Anne Fernandes
In this first blog article, out of a series of two, Sarah-Anne Fernandes discusses the 'selected response' type questions that pupils will face in their maths reasoning paper.
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Posted on March 12, 2018 by Nick Hart
In this blog article, Nick Hart discusses the effectiveness of using real-life problems in maths.
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Posted on March 12, 2018 by John Dabell
In this blog article, John Dabell demonstrates how maths can be combined with magic tricks to bring numbers to life.
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Posted on February 16, 2018 by Nick Hart
In this blog article, Nick Hart proposes 5 phases of teacher modelling to set children up to succeed.
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Posted on February 16, 2018 by John Dabell
In this blog article, John Dabell discusses why between-class ability grouping in maths should be abandoned.
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Posted on January 12, 2018 by John Dabell
This post from teacher and inspector, John Dabell, addresses key misconceptions in maths and suggests an effective activity to overcome them.
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Posted on November 1, 2017 by Nick Hart
Many thanks to Nick Hart for this blog post, which looks at teaching quarters in mathematics.
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Posted on October 3, 2017 by Nick Hart
When learning how to write and interpret stories, knowledge of story structure is key. If a reader or writer has a deep knowledge of these basic plots, they’ll be much better equipped to understand and construct their own. One cannot write a great mystery story without a sound knowledge of the structure of a mystery story!
Parallels can be drawn to the subject of maths where there are several basic underlying structures that are based on the idea of the relationship between a whole and its parts. Two or more parts, when combined, make a whole. Basic structures begin with additive reasoning and then progress through to multiplicative reasoning. Once you know the structure, you can solve the problem!
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Posted on September 15, 2017 by Nick Hart
Many thanks to Nick Hart for this blog post, which takes a look at success criteria in mathematics.
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