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Setting Your Child up for Success with Maths: Tips for Parents

  • by cattard2017
  • Posted on January 13, 2017January 19, 2017

Worried about your child’s progress with maths? Here’s a list of useful tips to help you help your child succeed.

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  • Assessment

Australia’s Declining Maths Results: Who’s Responsible?

  • by cattard2017
  • Posted on December 7, 2016

Once again, mathematics education is in the spotlight. The most recent TIMMS  and PISA results…

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  • Education

Christmas Maths: Open ended investigations for Grades 4-6

  • by cattard2017
  • Posted on November 23, 2016November 26, 2021

In this Christmas themed post, I am including a range of open-ended investigations that are…

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  • Education

More Christmas Maths: Open-ended tasks and Investigations for the Early Years Classroom

  • by cattard2017
  • Posted on November 17, 2016

The use of open-ended tasks and mathematical investigations provides opportunities for students to demonstrate their…

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  • Education

Mathematics and Christmas: Keeping Students Engaged!

  • by cattard2017
  • Posted on November 13, 2016November 13, 2016

It’s that time of year again! Last year I wrote a series of blog posts…

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  • Assessment

Primary Mathematics: Making the Most of Technology to Assess Student Learning

  • by cattard2017
  • Posted on October 26, 2016

As the school year rapidly draws to a close, many teachers are beginning the task…

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  • Education

Improving Primary Mathematics: The Challenge of Curriculum

  • by cattard2017
  • Posted on September 4, 2016

Arguably one of the biggest challenges for most primary teachers is the struggle to address…

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  • Education

Using Contexts to Make Mathematics Meaningful

  • by cattard2017
  • Posted on August 8, 2016

One of the most common questions children ask in relation to mathematics is ‘When will…

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  • Education

Assessment and Mathematics: Where are we going wrong?

  • by cattard2017
  • Posted on June 5, 2016

Thousands of children in Australian schools have recently sat the national literacy and numeracy test (NAPLAN),…

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  • Education

Primary Mathematics: Engaged Teachers = Engaged Students

  • by cattard2017
  • Posted on May 2, 2016

“The first job of a teacher is to make the student fall in love with…

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  • Education

Preparing for Term 2: Programming & planning in primary mathematics

  • by cattard2017
  • Posted on April 18, 2016

This post was originally published last year, and I thought it timely to republish considering…

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  • Education

Problem solving and mathematics: Promoting cognitive dissonance

  • by cattard2017
  • Posted on April 3, 2016April 4, 2016

A couple of weeks ago I came across the term ‘cognitive dissonance’ in relation to…

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  • Education

Maths and Money: Engaging students in real world mathematics

  • by cattard2017
  • Posted on March 13, 2016

Many children are consumers of financial services from a young age. According to Thomson (2014)…

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  • Children's Literature

Using Children’s Literature for Mathematical Investigations

  • by cattard2017
  • Posted on March 6, 2016

How often do you progress from problem solving to investigation-based work in your mathematics classroom?…

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  • Education

More tips for the new teaching year: Ability grouping and mathematics

  • by cattard2017
  • Posted on January 22, 2016

How do you group your students in maths classes? How does the way you group your students influence student learning outcomes and attitudes towards mathematics? This blog presents an argument for flexible grouping to allow all students’ learning needs to be addressed in the mathematics classroom.

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  • Education

Engaging students with mathematics: Back to school tips

  • by cattard2017
  • Posted on January 19, 2016

In Australia teachers are preparing to return to a new school year, and many would…

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  • Education

2015 in review

  • by cattard2017
  • Posted on January 3, 2016

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an…

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  • Education

So what have you learned this year?

  • by cattard2017
  • Posted on December 18, 2015December 18, 2015

For many educators in Australia today is the last working day of the year and…

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  • Education

Christmas Maths Part 3: More open-ended tasks for Grades 3 – 6

  • by cattard2017
  • Posted on November 22, 2015

In this final Christmas themed post, I am including a range of open-ended investigations that…

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