Nuffield Maths: Bronto Books Set D
Nuffield Foundation provide these resources from the Nuffield Maths 5-11 project, which allow students the opportunity to practice using and reading simple mathematical vocabulary. They support, as well as extend, the basic mathematical concepts introduced to young children. The image of Bronto at the foot of some pages provides…
Nuffield Maths: Bronto Books Set C
Nuffield Foundation provide these resources from the Nuffield Maths 5-11 project, which allow students the opportunity to practice using and reading simple mathematical vocabulary. They support, as well as extend, the basic mathematical concepts introduced to young children. The image of Bronto at the foot of some pages provides…
Nuffield Maths: Bronto Books Set B
Nuffield Foundation provide these resources from the Nuffield Maths 5-11 project, which allow students the opportunity to practice using and reading simple mathematical vocabulary. They support, as well as extend, the basic mathematical concepts introduced to young children. The image of Bronto at the foot of some pages provides…
Nuffield Maths: Bronto Books Set A
Nuffield Foundation provide these resources from the Nuffield Maths 5-11 project, which allow students the opportunity to practice using and reading simple mathematical vocabulary. They support, as well as extend, the basic mathematical concepts introduced to young children. The image of Bronto at the foot of some pages provides…
Nuffield Maths 2: Worksheets and Copymasters
This resource, from Nuffield Foundation, is a collection of worksheets from the Nuffield Maths 5-11 project. Practical experiences are used to introduce students to the early stages of subtraction and place value. The worksheets were designed to be used in conjunction with the Nuffield Maths 2 Teachers' Handbook and provide…
Nuffield Maths 2: Teacher's Handbook
This resource, from Nuffield Foundation, provides clear guidance on the content, methods and timing appropriate at each stage of the Nuffield Maths 5 - 11 project, which was developed to promote students' understanding of the concepts, as well as proficiency in the basic skills of mathematics. The chapters in this handbook…
Nuffield Maths 1: Teacher's Handbook
This resource, from Nuffield Foundation, provides clear guidance on the content, methods and timing appropriate at each stage of the Nuffield Maths 5 - 11 project, which was developed to promote students' understanding of the concepts, as well as proficiency in the basic skills of mathematics. The chapters in this handbook…
Decimals 1
This resource consists of thirteen work cards each requiring students to investigate some aspect of the use of decimals. Associated with each card is a student help sheet and comprehensive teacher notes detailing assumed knowledge for each task, the purpose of the module and details of the work to be carried out by the student. Section…
Area
This resource consists of seventeen work cards each requiring students to investigate some aspect of area and perimeter of shapes. Associated with each card is a student help sheet and comprehensive teacher notes detailing assumed knowledge for each task, the purpose of the module and details of the work to be carried out by the…
Matrices
From the Nuffield Foundation, the purpose of this module is to introduce the language associated with matrices, to illustrate their use and begin to develop the algebra associated with them. The resource consists of: • Overview of the content of the cards. • Cards I.1 – I.3: language of matrices introduced…
Functionality
From the Nuffield Foundation, the purpose of this module is to introduce students to the linked concepts of 'variable' and 'function', so that by recognising the independent variables in an experimental situation, they will be able to control the experiment in an organised manner. If they also keep records in…
Simultaneous Equations
From the Nuffield Foundation, the purpose of this module is to introduce students to the solution of simultaneous equations and demonstrates a rather unusual way of approaching the topic. The equations are largely restricted to equations where the coefficients are +/- 1 to achieve some simplicity in the algebra with sometimes more…
Speed and Gradient
This module from the Nuffield Foundation gives an attempt to relate the gradient of a graph to the rate of displacement of an object which moves with time. This can be summed up in the phrase 'faster is steeper'. The module is in three sections, each of which is based on a simple piece of practical equipment which the students…
Similarity 2
From the Nuffield Foundation, the purpose of the module is to build on the Similarity module and extend the work, including more formal calculation, as far as the introduction of trigonometric rations. The module includes: • Notes for the teacher including a brief overview of the content of the workcards and references…
Vectors
From the Nuffield Foundation, the object of this module is to provide a simple introduction to the idea of a vector. Students need to be familiar with the co-ordinates module before starting this module. The development makes use of a number of simple (vector) grid games. The resource includes: • Overview of the cards…
Topology
This module from the Nuffield Foundation introduces simple ideas of topology starting from informal considerations of topological transformations progressing to work on networks (the bulk of the content) and ending with an investigation into map colouring. The resource includes: • Notes for the teacher including a very…
Co-ordinates
From the Nuffield Foundation, this module develops the use of co-ordinates in two and three dimensions using traditional games. It digresses into the simple use of matrices as information stores and finally, extending the work on ‘battleships’ into equations of lines and rather quickly into the solution of simultaneous…
Similarity
From the Nuffield Foundation, the purpose of this module is to introduce students to a study of the properties of similar figures as a first step on the way to a study of trigonometry. Hence the workcards involve the practising of the mechanics of enlargement, becoming familiar with the idea of a scale factor and with the idea of…
Symmetry
From the Nuffield Foundation, the purpose of this module is to develop understanding of line and rotational symmetry. Much of the work on line symmetry is based on paper folding activities and is quite practical. The resource includes: • A cards and notes: introduction – looking at patterns and creating patterns…
Angles, Courses and Bearings
From the Nuffield Foundation, the purpose of the module is to develop students’ understanding of angle by exploring rotation in practical situations and by using simple home-made equipment made from card. The resource includes: • Notes for the teacher including the organisation of the cards and the purpose and content…
Indices and Molecules
From the Nuffield Foundation, the purpose of this module is to introduce students to index notation and standard form on the way to the determination of the size of a molecule. It builds up from simple rice-counting and paper-cutting to experiments in chemistry and physics which give a good approximation to molecular size. This…
Irrationals
From the Nuffield Foundation, this module attempts to build up an understanding of irrational numbers. It contains ideas and content which would normally be introduced much later (for example, the notion of closure, use of continued fractions – which are called ‘continuous’ fractions in the text). The resource…
Integers
The module, from the Nuffield Foundation, focuses on addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of directed numbers. The approach is the highly unusual one of representing directed numbers by equivalence classes of ordered pairs. This representation is supported by the use of a cardboard ‘machine’ which the authors…
Decimals 2
From the Nuffield Foundation, this module focuses on the use of decimals in multiplication and division and then on applications which include averages, speed calculations and rounding. The resource consists of: • Introduction: the teachers' notes on theoretical underpinning and layout of calculations. • A…
Number Patterns
From the Nuffield Foundation, the module is primarily about simple number patterns which are explored on a number square. The teachers' notes indicate how the theory may be developed further and include some notions of modular arithmetic. The resource consists of: • Introduction: the teachers' notes and the suitability…
Nuffield Secondary Science: An Evaluation
The Schools Council initiated this evaluation of Nuffield Secondary Science at the point when school trials of the materials were largely complete. As a result the evaluation focussed on the early adoption of the project by schools. Three aspects, which were thought to be characteristic of the project were chosen for study. They…
Science for the Young School Leaver
Science for the Young School Leaver was one of a series of informal publications by the Schools Council. Schools Council Working Paper Number 1 started a series to make widely available information about curriculum development projects while still in their formative stages. Working Paper No. 1 was produced for the Nuffield Foundation…
Through the Eyes of the Pupil
Through the Eyes of the Pupil, from the Nuffield Foundation, is a collection of writing by students that was published by the Science Teacher Education Project (STEP). The aim was to enrich teacher education with sets of annotated passages written by students for discussion in professional training courses. At the time in the…
Theory Into Practice
Theory Into Practice, from the Nuffield Foundation, was published in the early 1970s when there were significant developments both in the style of science teaching in schools and in the arrangements for teaching education and professional development. The resource includes activities designed to help teachers to make links between…
Meadowbank School
This book, from the Nuffield Foundation, describes problems and events occurring in an imaginary school, each written up in the form of a case study designed to be of value to students and teachers in training. It is one of the eight publications prepared by the Science Teacher Education Project (STEP), a project which has involved…
Innovation in Teacher Education
Innovation in Teacher Education, from the Nuffield Foundation, describes how tutors involved in the Science Teacher Education Project (STEP) cooperated to devise and try out a variety of exercises and activities as alternatives or additions to established tutorial procedures as practiced in the early 1970s. Thus the book provides…
Film Review
This resource, from the Nuffield Foundation, was published in the early 1970s as part of the Science Teacher Education Project (STEP). The book contains detailed reviews of over ninety films that might be used in the professional preparation of teachers at that time. The book is therefore of very limited interest today except as…