SMILE Cards
SMILE (Secondary Mathematics Individualised Learning Experiment) was initially developed as a series of practical activities for secondary school students by practising teachers in the 1970s. It became a complete individualised scheme based around a network of activity cards and assessments.
The cards were organised so that each student followed their own path through the work which was recorded on a network.
This collection contains:
• SMILE workcards organised into mathematical topics based upon the SMILE networks.
• SMILE booklets, which are cards that that are booklets in themselves.
• Supplementary materials.
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Number
This SMILE collection contains twelve resources of games, investigations, worksheets and practical activities supporting the teaching of number. The resources cover addition, decimals, directed number, division, fractions, multiplication, ordering and rounding, percentages, place value and number systems, powers and roots, properties…
Algebra
This SMILE collection contains twelve resources of games, investigations, worksheets and practical activities supporting the teaching of algebra. The resources cover algebraic structure, equations, graphs, mappings, number and algebra, patterns and generalisations, sequences, and using graphs. SMILE (Secondary Mathematics Individualised…
Shape and Space
This SMILE collection contains eighteen resources of games, investigations, worksheets and practical activities supporting the teaching of shape and space. The resources cover 3D, angle, angle properties, area and perimeter, circle measure, coordinates, combined transformations, drawing, measurement, properties of shapes, reflection,…
Handling Data
This SMILE collection contains five resources of games, investigations, worksheets and practical activities supporting the teaching of handling data. The resources cover analysing and interpreting data, collecting data, displaying data, logic and sets, and probability. SMILE (Secondary Mathematics Individualised Learning Experiment)…
Booklets
The SMILE booklets are a collection of stand alone booklets, part of the SMILE mathematics network of numbered workcards. The collection includes: • Tables booklets • Calculating • Reckonings • Action Fractions • Action Decimals • Decimals to Fractions and Back Again • Imaginings •…
Supplementary Materials
This is a collection of supplementary materials to accompany the SMILE work cards. The contents are • A wealth of worksheets • SMILE cards answers • Test books and answers • The SMILE mathematics networks • The SMILE Activity List: Cards 0001-2403 and commercial references • SMILE Mathematics:…
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Comments
Boy, am I pleased to see this here..... even if its is not yet perfectly organised!!! Did you not manage to use the archive at IoE - those were pristine copies.
I'm posting this comment on behalf of Nigel Langdon in regard to the possible reorganisation of the SMILE materials:
Hi, all,
An essential requirement for easy access and use of the SMILE activities is to be able to go direct to an individual task from either entering its number or clicking on its icon. The need to scroll through a batch to try to reach a particular activity means that, at present, the access is far too cumbersome and time-consuming for teachers to want to spend time looking/locating an individual activity.
It would be most convenient if an individual number could be entered into a "SEARCH" box and retreived immediately. It would also be good if a wider group of topic flows could be shown on screen, with the facility to reach a particular topic flow by clicking on it; then the facility to click on any activity within that flow. It is a disadvantage for the flows to be restricted to levels but I concede that this might be one way of locating a task quickly.
Best wishes,
Nigel
I gather Lydia Showman is planning to reorganise the materials by topic flow.
It is imperative that they (also) remain organised/searchable by card number!
If there is any time available to put into improving the SMILE materials, I'd agree with Sandy bruce that re-photocopying some of the scruffier looking cards would be very helpful. It also seems that some cards in the 1400 range appear with large crosses on them!
Best wishes,
Frank
Sandy,
Glad to hear these materials have found their first home!
The resources have been stored in ring binders and are scanned straight from the originals. If we come across another available complete set of SMILE we'll work from the highest quality originals - any suggestions for sourcing these would be much appreciated.
The tests and answers haven't been digitised yet, but this may be possible in the future. If you'd like to use a particular group of tests do let us know as this helps prioritise digitisation.
For any of this please email resources@nationalstemcentre.org.uk.
It would be great to hear about your experience of incorporating SMILE into your lessons.
Many thanks
Jenifer
At last the SMILE resources are online and available.
I do not wish to sound ungrateful but the quality of the scanning leaves much to be desired.
Did we really have to have punch holes on the usually excellently presented materials?
It looks like the cards have been scanned from photocopies rather that the originals.
Are the answer books and test books going online too?
Sandy Bruce
Elthorne Park High School