Freely available professional development resources on promoting socially just mathematics teaching from #TMSJN ... downloadable PowerPoint presentations and accompanying facilitators' notes at mathsocialjustice.org/prof-dev/
Four squares divided up differently into parts, with annotations of students' responses to the queston Which one doesn't belong?
Which one doesn't belong? today with Grade 4.
We also talked about the fractions in each square. There was some debate about the yellow part in the bottom left. Some thought it was not ¼, but there was a proof it was.
NEW on the #inquirymaths site for October:
* Implicit differentiation inquiry - devised by Zelimir Jovicic
* Latest peer-reviewed research suggesting inquiry enhances conceptual understanding and fosters deeper engagement.
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More evidence of the direct and positive relationship between inquiry-based pedagogy and maths performance: "Findings indicate that inquiry-based pedagogy positively correlates with student math attitude and performance."
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A year 7 class explores necessary and sufficient conditions during the sum and product of fractions inquiry.
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NEW on the #inquirymaths site for June:
* Combined ratios inquiry.
* Question-led inquiry in a year 8 mixed attainment class.
* Large-scale research: "a direct, positive, and significant" link between inquiry and learning maths.
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NEW on the #inquirymaths site for February:
* Derek Christensen's proof inquiry
* Monika Klimczak-Gromska's proof from an Inquiry Maths workshop
* Polar curves inquiry for A-level Further Maths
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NEW on the #inquirymaths site for December:
* Continued fractions inquiry. Thanks to Zack Miodownik and his year 9 students.
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