This week’s blog is about my efforts to think through the place of problem-solving in teaching, and in relation to the development of conceptual understanding and knowledge of techniques. When the introductory blurb to the national curriculum was written, the first draft put the aims in this order: Fluency Problem-solving Reasoning To us – the […]
Read moreWhat? Nicky Morgan has announced (interestingly, via social media) that all children will be tested on their times tables as part of SATs. Why? This debate has been bubbling away for some time now within mathematical associations and education unions, among academics and school leaders, in schools and at home. Essentially our children are stuck […]
Read moreI ended my last post by asking for any readers to get in touch with any views they would like to express on A Level reform. Please feel free to comment and as promised, I will add your thoughts to my summary to go to ALL – thank you in advance. Having read through the […]
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