Researching Effective CPD in Mathematics Education
The Researching Effective CPD in Mathematics Education (RECME) project was set up under the umbrella of the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) in England, who provide these resources. The project's aim was to provide advice, guidance and recommendations to be used by NCETM to inform future…
Thinking Through Mathematics
These resources, produced by The National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM), have been designed to encourage distinctive ways of thinking and learning as part of the NCETM professional development package. Analysing reasoning and solutions sets a number of problems about proportion and percentages and…
Issue 84: A Resource for the Classroom - Averages Mystery
Issue 84 of the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) Secondary magazine featured an activity which was developed by a teacher looking for ways of integrating a problem-solving approach into his everyday teaching. The activity focuses on finding the mean, mode, median and range of scores of three…
Issue 81: It's in the News!
It’s in the news! This idea for a mathematical activity featured in the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) Secondary magazine issue 81. A pair of size 21 trainers has been found at a petrol station in Derbyshire! Denise Bostock, who works in the lost property office for the police said,…
Issue 75: Christmas Puzzles
These four puzzles were initially published in 1917 but are now presented by the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) in their Secondary magazine as starting points for mathematical exploration. Each puzzle is accompanied by the period text and illustrations and a solution with further ideas to…