5 Maths Gems #99

Welcome to my 99^th gems post. This is where I portion about of the latest news, ideas together with resources for maths teachers.

1. Non-Examples Quizzes
I blogged nearly the novel website Gems 95. There are similar a shot about great novel features on the website including Frayer Model templates together with Multiple Choice Quizzes.

The multiple alternative quizzes come upwards amongst a QLA allowing 2d identification of misconceptions.

On Twitter Bernie Westacott (@berniewestacott) described how he used the multiple alternative quizzes amongst an intervention group:

enabled ps to reverberate on their errors, inquire me anything together with thence requiz themselves. Scores typically went from five or vii to 10/10 amongst much whooping together with high fiving. We were able to encompass nearly 8 topics inwards a brusk infinite of time, Requiz side past times side calendar week to expect for retentivity thence decease deeper.

— bernie westacott (@berniewestacott) 23 Nov 2018

2. Sum Fun
I had an e-mail from a maths instructor looking for books past times the writer of this H5N1 bird resource:

It turned out the master books are out of impress but Twitter came to the rescue together with thank you lot to Hans Stroeve (Maths amongst Pizzazz resources together with I know they won't appeal to everyone! They include resources for topics from Key Stage three correct upwards to matrices together with polar coordinates! Warning: ever banking enterprise represent that the joke is appropriate earlier using these resources amongst students.

3. H5N1 Level Questions past times Topic
Thank you lot to Chris Ansette (@mransette) who has collated former Exexcel examination questions for Pure together with Mechanics together with organised them for the novel H5N1 level. You tin download them here. These good formatted collections of examination questions amongst answers are actually helpful for H5N1 bird maths teachers.

4. Calculator Poster
In Gems 97 I featured a link to a poster of an H5N1 bird calculator. Casio Maths (@CasioMaths) accept also shared a laid of high resolution posters of the fx-83GT Plus, which is commonly used at GCSE. You tin download the posters from the Casio website.

On the plain of written report of calculators, read this thread from @literallyjustq for about estimator tips.

5. Times Table of the Week
I regard a lot of Year 7s actually struggling inwards lessons (on topics similar multiplication, segmentation together with fractions) because they don't know their times tables. I accept long been a big fan of Times Tables Rock Stars to assistance gear upwards this. I similar @DynamicDeps's thought for a times tabular array fact of the week. The proposition is to purpose the Times Table Rock Stars oestrus maps to position a multiplication fact that students combat with, together with to seat upwards a poster of that fact everywhere inwards the maths department, together with inwards fact all over the school.

Bruno Reddy has similar a shot made a laid of 'Times Tables of the Week' posters for all multiplication facts which you lot tin download here.

Perhaps maths teachers together with shape tutors could regularly quiz private students on the weekly multiplication fact. Given that in that place are solely 21 facts to memorise (assuming students already know their 1, two together with five times tables), you lot tin easily larn through the whole lot inwards a schoolhouse twelvemonth if you lot produce 1 a week.

The 21 Facts from Kangaroo Maths

Update
I had an absolutely wonderful fourth dimension at the MathsJam Annual Gathering terminal weekend. Thank you lot to the organiser Colin Wright together with to everyone else involved. I absolutely dearest everything nearly the weekend together with would actually similar to run a maths teaching effect amongst the exact same format. Maybe side past times side year!

Me, Mariana, Ed, Tim together with Joe at the MathsJam Annual Gathering 2018

If you lot similar the thought of social puzzling, produce banking enterprise represent out the monthly MathsJam events, together with also Puzzled Pint's monthly social puzzle effect inwards pubs all over the world. You tin download Puzzled Pint's awesome puzzles for schoolhouse maths clubs too.

I had about other article published inwards Teach Secondary this month. It's nearly monastic say of operations, together with opportunities to interleave this theme amongst fractions, decimals together with algebra. It comes amongst a costless algebraic monastic say of operations resource!

I also presented on order of operations to Harris Heads of Maths this week. The thought was to present that xxx infinitesimal CPD sessions on specific topics that are coming upwards on the system of operate are a skillful purpose of maths subdivision coming together time.

Hannah Fry has agreed to decease the 2020 President of The Mathematical Association, which is real exciting intelligence for all MA members.

Next calendar month I volition issue my 100th gems post (I accept about bang-up gems lined up!) together with volition tape a celebratory podcast amongst Craig Barton. Craig volition hold upwards quest listeners to brand it impact amongst him inwards advance to portion their favourite gems from over the years. So if there's something you lot purpose inwards your teaching that you lot flora out nearly through a gems post thence produce allow Craig know! Check out my gems index to regard the whole collection!

I'm non unremarkably 1 for motivational posters, but here's a quote that I'd accept upwards past times my desk if I had a desk. Often attributed to CS Lewis, this is a great message for a Year eleven bird getting mock papers back. Thanks to Jen McMillan at Harris Greenwich for this!