By Jennifer Chang Wathall Have you ever been in the situation where your students come to class a little too energetic to be able to focus on the task at hand? Or when your students arrive from a break or lunch and they are just not ready for the learning space? Perhaps your students, based […]
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The best mathematical tasks are often elegantly simple. Bells and whistles are not needed and, indeed, often they are distractions from the intended learning. To keep a task focused, thought should be given to the following questions: What do I want the children to learn?What might be the ‘bumps in the road’ that could cause […]
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We understand that maths anxiety can be a real concern for teachers, parents and children, which is why we are committed to finding ways to make everyone feel more positive about numbers. Derry Richardson, Head of Professional Development at Oxford University Press provides her top tips for helping combat maths anxiety in the classroom Being […]
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