Makes for troubled reading.
Maths Mastery only achieving marginal gains.
Not really a low cost option.
The whole "Mastery" hype for maths dubious.
NCETM needs a rethink for highly able pupils.
https://giftedphoenix.wordpress.com/2015/02/22/maths-mastery-evidence-versus-spin/
Friday, 27 February 2015
Wednesday, 9 July 2014
How to choose APPS for your class!
Here are a couple of places to start looking.
A detailed 25 page pdf with live links, covering What is web 2.0? Web tools for: literacy, maths, science history, geography, design/making, esl/efl learners. A comprehensive well set out resource for you to select from.
https://jenniferbarnett.wikispaces.com/My+Web+Wardrobe
She says "I think of the today's web 2.0 tools as a wardrobe for my class. A wardrobe is a collection of wearing apparel and accessories. My instructional wardrobe must consist only of those things that fit me and make me better as a teacher. I will share my wardrobe with you, but you must try on all sorts of outfits to see what fits you the best."
Jasemin Allsop's Web 2 Tools 2013
http://www.ictinpractice.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/web-2-tools-2013.pdf#page8A detailed 25 page pdf with live links, covering What is web 2.0? Web tools for: literacy, maths, science history, geography, design/making, esl/efl learners. A comprehensive well set out resource for you to select from.
Jennifer Barnett's web Wardrobe, a useful metaphor.
https://jenniferbarnett.wikispaces.com/My+Web+Wardrobe
She says "I think of the today's web 2.0 tools as a wardrobe for my class. A wardrobe is a collection of wearing apparel and accessories. My instructional wardrobe must consist only of those things that fit me and make me better as a teacher. I will share my wardrobe with you, but you must try on all sorts of outfits to see what fits you the best."
Tuesday, 24 June 2014
STEM resources June 2014
The Great British Bee Count
http://www.nationalstemcentre.org.uk/blog/the-great-british-bee-count
The Great Plant Hunt
To mark the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, commissioned and funded by the Wellcome Trust, has created The Great Plant Hunt. This exciting project will encourage children to explore the natural world around them and join other schools in the biggest ever school science project.
http://www.nationalstemcentre.org.uk/elibrary/collection/1869/the-great-plant-hunt
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
2014 - 2015 ATM catalogue now online
Go and take a look at the 2014/15 catalogue for the ATM Association of Teachers of Mathematics,
which you can now browse on the web.
Arranged in order from Early Years onwards, turn the pages to
find author profiles, brief reviews and above all lots to inspire
your teaching with well tried and tested materials.
Many publications are now available as downloads and more
downloadable versions are being added this year. The easiest
way to order is on the new ATM web site. It’s quick and easy to
use and here you will find additional titles as well as everything
within this catalogue. There is however an order form at the
end of the catalogue if you prefer to use that.
Brief reviews of some of the titles can be found within this
catalogue. The full reviews can be viewed on the website.
We recognise that our Scottish colleagues and educators from
other countries do not use the key stage structure used in our
catalogue and the ages/key stage links are outlined below:
KS1 5 - 7 years KS3 11-13 years
KS2 7 -11 years KS4 13 -16 years
which you can now browse on the web.
www.atm.org.uk/Catalogue
Arranged in order from Early Years onwards, turn the pages to
find author profiles, brief reviews and above all lots to inspire
your teaching with well tried and tested materials.
Many publications are now available as downloads and more
downloadable versions are being added this year. The easiest
way to order is on the new ATM web site. It’s quick and easy to
use and here you will find additional titles as well as everything
within this catalogue. There is however an order form at the
end of the catalogue if you prefer to use that.
Brief reviews of some of the titles can be found within this
catalogue. The full reviews can be viewed on the website.
We recognise that our Scottish colleagues and educators from
other countries do not use the key stage structure used in our
catalogue and the ages/key stage links are outlined below:
KS1 5 - 7 years KS3 11-13 years
KS2 7 -11 years KS4 13 -16 years
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
NCETM Primary Magazine Issue 6
Worth looking at this magazine from the National Centre for Excellence in Teaching Mathematics.
News
New National Curriculum in Focus: Algebra in KS1
Where’s the Maths in That? – Maths across the curriculum
Do also have a look at their magazine archives.
link to Early Years Archive
link to Primary Magazine Archive
Sunday, 11 May 2014
Saturday, 10 May 2014
Literacy from Scratch
“Literacy
from Scratch” is a response to the United Kingdom (UK) government’s
initiative to develop computer programming skills in both the Primary phase
of education (pupils aged 5 to 11) and the Secondary phase (aged 11 to 18).
http://www.literacyfromscratch.org.uk/project/index.htm
The project has several related aspects: it involves the reworking of Primary and Secondary Initial Teacher Training (ITT) programmes at Brunel University, through which Postgraduate students are taught how to use the MIT Scratch programming language, to create sustained and animated narrative work. This work has also been developed by a whole year group (187 Year 8 pupils aged 12 -13) at a local London secondary school.
Support materials for creating these animated narratives are being developed at both institutions (the school and Brunel University), and are sent by email to a school in Prague, Czech Republic (CZ) where, with the assistance of both the teaching staff and student teachers at the Faculty of Education in the Charles University in Prague, a local Prague Basic School is undertaking the same project with several groups totalling 45 Year 3 to 7 pupils (aged 8 – 13).
http://www.literacyfromscratch.org.uk/project/index.htm
The project has several related aspects: it involves the reworking of Primary and Secondary Initial Teacher Training (ITT) programmes at Brunel University, through which Postgraduate students are taught how to use the MIT Scratch programming language, to create sustained and animated narrative work. This work has also been developed by a whole year group (187 Year 8 pupils aged 12 -13) at a local London secondary school.
Support materials for creating these animated narratives are being developed at both institutions (the school and Brunel University), and are sent by email to a school in Prague, Czech Republic (CZ) where, with the assistance of both the teaching staff and student teachers at the Faculty of Education in the Charles University in Prague, a local Prague Basic School is undertaking the same project with several groups totalling 45 Year 3 to 7 pupils (aged 8 – 13).
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