5 Maths Gems #99

Welcome to my 99^th gems post. This is where I portion approximately of the latest news, ideas in addition to resources for maths teachers.

1. Non-Examples Quizzes
I blogged most the novel website Gems 95. There are right away approximately great novel features on the website including Frayer Model templates in addition to Multiple Choice Quizzes.

The multiple choice quizzes come upward amongst a QLA allowing mo identification of misconceptions.

On Twitter Bernie Westacott (@berniewestacott) described how he used the multiple choice quizzes amongst an intervention group:

enabled ps to reverberate on their errors, inquire me anything in addition to and hence requiz themselves. Scores typically went from v or vii to 10/10 amongst much whooping in addition to high fiving. We were able to comprehend most 8 topics inwards a curt infinite of time, Requiz side past times side calendar week to await for memory in addition to hence give-up the ghost deeper.

— bernie westacott (@berniewestacott) 23 Nov 2018

2. Sum Fun
I had an electronic mail from a maths instructor looking for books past times the writer of this H5N1 degree resource:

It turned out the master copy books are out of impress but Twitter came to the rescue in addition to cheers to Hans Stroeve (Maths amongst Pizzazz resources in addition to I know they won't appeal to everyone! They include resources for topics from Key Stage iii correct upward to matrices in addition to polar coordinates! Warning: ever cheque that the joke is appropriate earlier using these resources amongst students.

3. H5N1 Level Questions past times Topic
Thank you lot to Chris Ansette (@mransette) who has collated onetime Exexcel examination questions for Pure in addition to Mechanics in addition to organised them for the novel H5N1 level. You tin forcefulness out download them here. These good formatted collections of examination questions amongst answers are actually helpful for H5N1 degree maths teachers.

4. Calculator Poster
In Gems 97 I featured a link to a poster of an H5N1 degree calculator. Casio Maths (@CasioMaths) accept also shared a laid of high resolution posters of the fx-83GT Plus, which is commonly used at GCSE. You tin forcefulness out download the posters from the Casio website.

On the dependent plain of calculators, read this thread from @literallyjustq for approximately estimator tips.

5. Times Table of the Week
I reckon a lot of Year 7s actually struggling inwards lessons (on topics similar multiplication, partitioning in addition to fractions) because they don't know their times tables. I accept long been a big fan of Times Tables Rock Stars to handle cook this. I similar @DynamicDeps's thought for a times tabular array fact of the week. The proposition is to role the Times Table Rock Stars rut maps to position a multiplication fact that students create out with, in addition to to position upward a poster of that fact everywhere inwards the maths department, in addition to inwards fact all over the school.

Bruno Reddy has right away made a laid of 'Times Tables of the Week' posters for all multiplication facts which you lot tin forcefulness out download here.

Perhaps maths teachers in addition to cast tutors could regularly quiz private students on the weekly multiplication fact. Given that at that topographic point are exclusively 21 facts to memorise (assuming students already know their 1, two in addition to v times tables), you lot tin forcefulness out easily larn through the whole lot inwards a schoolhouse twelvemonth if you lot create i a week.

The 21 Facts from Kangaroo Maths

Update
I had an absolutely wonderful fourth dimension at the MathsJam Annual Gathering final weekend. Thank you lot to the organiser Colin Wright in addition to to everyone else involved. I absolutely dear everything most the weekend in addition to would actually similar to run a maths pedagogy number amongst the exact same format. Maybe side past times side year!

Me, Mariana, Ed, Tim in addition to Joe at the MathsJam Annual Gathering 2018

If you lot similar the thought of social puzzling, create cheque out the monthly MathsJam events, in addition to also Puzzled Pint's monthly social puzzle number inwards pubs all over the world. You tin forcefulness out download Puzzled Pint's awesome puzzles for schoolhouse maths clubs too.

I had approximately other article published inwards Teach Secondary this month. It's most monastic enjoin of operations, in addition to opportunities to interleave this theme amongst fractions, decimals in addition to algebra. It comes amongst a gratis algebraic monastic enjoin of operations resource!

I also presented on order of operations to Harris Heads of Maths this week. The thought was to demo that thirty infinitesimal CPD sessions on specific topics that are coming upward on the system of move are a skillful role of maths subdivision coming together time.

Hannah Fry has agreed to larn the 2020 President of The Mathematical Association, which is real exciting intelligence for all MA members.

Next calendar month I volition divulge my 100th gems post (I accept approximately slap-up gems lined up!) in addition to volition tape a celebratory podcast amongst Craig Barton. Craig volition hold out shout out for listeners to give-up the ghost far impact amongst him inwards advance to portion their favourite gems from over the years. So if there's something you lot role inwards your teaching that you lot works life out most through a gems post in addition to hence create permit Craig know! Check out my gems index to reckon the whole collection!

I'm non commonly i for motivational posters, but here's a quote that I'd accept upward past times my desk if I had a desk. Often attributed to CS Lewis, this is a great message for a Year xi cast getting mock papers back. Thanks to Jen McMillan at Harris Greenwich for this!