Oct 23 2014

Mathematics Subject Special – UKEdChat

The UKEdChat Mathematics Subject Special was on Thursday 23rd October, the previous link now includes a record of the chat.

Note the questions raised during the chat:

What are some of your key mathematical questions you use in lessons? Share your favourite maths starter activity.
What are your favourite maths resource sites for inspiration? Who are inspired maths tweeters you follow?
Which maths topic do your students struggle the most with? What support strategies do you use for them?
Homework … Which are the most successful strategies you use for maths?
Maths and computing go hand in hand. How are you tapping into this connection?
Final call. Please showcase your favourite aspects of maths teaching / resources / tips.

I have mentioned many resources you may find useful in connection with many of the questions in my ‘Resolutions for Mathematics Teachers” reproduced here:

Jun 15 2013

It started with a tweet!

I noticed a tweet from Darren Kuropatwa..

Here is what Darren was referring to, a video made by Desmos on exploring the sine function:

Sine function created on Desmos by Darren Kuropatwa

Darren has recreated that graph here.

Now I rather like that and thinking it would be useful for my revision session this week with a GCSE (UK age15-16) class, decided I would simplify it so it was more suitable for my students. I changed the units to degrees and restricted the transformations more so it was more in line with our specification (these students are studying for a second GCSE in Mathematics – AQA Further Mathematics level 2).

Along came Desmos having seen the Twitter conversation..