If you’re an early career teacher, chances are you spend lots of your spare time…
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What concrete materials do you use in your maths classroom? Here’s a list of must-have resources for every classroom!
Advice for teachers to make mathematics more engaging from the very first day of the school year.
It’s not good enough to say “I hate maths”! Find out how to help your child learn, love and appreciate mathematics.
It’s important to keep your kids occupied during the holidays, not just for your sanity, but also for their education.
Shutterstock Catherine Attard, Western Sydney University As the world of finance becomes more complex, most…
As the end of the year looms, many students are preparing to transition from primary…
There’s much more to mathematics than computation, and that’s where more contemporary technologies can improve…
What is critical and creative thinking, and why is it so important in mathematics and…
What gets you excited about teaching mathematics? We talk about student engagement all the time, but how important is teacher engagement?
Thousands of children in Australian schools have recently sat the national literacy and numeracy test (NAPLAN), and many teachers have been busy administering a whole range of assessments because it’s report writing season and boxes need to be ticked. My question is, how often do we ask ourselves why we’re assessing? What are we doing with the […]
Mathematical problem solving, investigations and high student engagement…from a picture book!
Get the most out of the new school year – set your students up for success with mathematics with these useful teaching tips.
In this Christmas themed post, I am including a range of open-ended investigations that are…
It’s that time of year again! Last year I wrote a series of blog posts…
Arguably one of the biggest challenges for most primary teachers is the struggle to address…
Thousands of children in Australian schools have recently sat the national literacy and numeracy test (NAPLAN),…
This post was originally published last year, and I thought it timely to republish considering…
A couple of weeks ago I came across the term ‘cognitive dissonance’ in relation to…
Engaging Maths 