Recently added articles from Mathematics Teaching:
REFLECTIONS
Sep 01, 2008; ... Before writing diese Reflections I was knitting in my living room. I became so frustrated while attempting to learn a new knitting pattern that I unravelled my meagre attempt and continued with a tried-and-tested pattern I had knitted for years. Why did I start my reflection diis way? I ...
OUTCOME-LED AND PROCESS-LED TEACHING
Sep 01, 2008; ... Rebecca Teasdale suggests technological and pedagogical resources which can help to reconcile learning-objective-led and process-objective-led mathematics teaching. What is the purpose of teaching? Is it the transmission of the facts or is it the nurture of an enquiring mind? The debate ...
FRAGMENTS AND COHERENCE
Sep 01, 2008; ... Anne Watson's opening address to the joint Easter conference, 2008 One of the things that happens as people grow older is that they look at what is happening around them with bewilderment The tilings they see as important get overtaken by things they see as distractions. The commercials ...
a Billion is how BIG?
Sep 01, 2008; ... John Gough suggests ideas for using length, area and volume to help grasp counting, numbers, place-value and unusually large quantities. Place-value is a central, powerful mathematical concept. From the earliest years of school we focus on developing strong understanding of the ideas, ...
PHILOSOPHY IN THE MATHEMATICS CLASSROOM
Sep 01, 2008; ... Christopher Martin found that he needed to persevere when attempting to set up a climate of discussion in his classroom. "We are going to have a discussion about what we have just heard. To do this, we need to have some rules. The first is that you may only speak when you are holding ...