Welcome to my 167th gems post. This is where I share some of the latest news, ideas and resources for maths teachers. 1. Polypad I’ve blogged about Polypad before, and used it myself in a lesson on nets last week. My students were suitably impressed! Recently there’s been a series of tweets about some really cool stuff that…
Everyone loves surds, right? They’re so much fun… Since 2017 I’ve produced a series of CPD sessions, each one covering an individual maths topic. I call this my ‘Topics in Depth’ project. These CPD sessions focus on curriculum, assessment, subject knowledge, pedagogy and resources. Thanks to generous sponsorship from AQA, Craig Barton and I recently…
One of the most controversial topics to be added to GCSE in recent years is exact trig values. Although trigonometry has always been on Higher Tier GCSE, before 2017 it only ever appeared on the calculator paper. When the Department for Education did a big curriculum and assessment re-jig, exact trig values were moved from…
Welcome to my 168th gems post. This is where I share some of the latest news, ideas and resources for maths teachers. 1. Revision Resources I have a page dedicated to GCSE revision resources which is the most visited page on my website. It’s had around 130 000 views since I wrote it back in 2016 and it…