Thousands of children in Australian schools have recently sat the national literacy and numeracy test (NAPLAN),…
Category: Professional development
“The first job of a teacher is to make the student fall in love with…
This post was originally published last year, and I thought it timely to republish considering…
Many children are consumers of financial services from a young age. According to Thomson (2014)…
How often do you progress from problem solving to investigation-based work in your mathematics classroom?…
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.
In Australia teachers are preparing to return to a new school year, and many would…
Along with curriculum, characteristics of classroom environments can influence student engagement with mathematics. Research has…
Often when I work with teachers I am asked for advice regarding the design of…
Over the course of the last few weeks I have presented several keynote presentations and…
If you are a teacher, then you have probably experienced the introduction of a new…
This week my new book, Engaging Maths: iPad Activities for Teaching and Learning, was published so I…
There are two brilliant mathematics resources that I believe everyone should know about and use…
What concrete materials do you have in your mathematics cupboard and why bother investing in…
