Mathematics in A level Assessments
This report, from Nuffield Foundation, presents the findings of a research project which mapped the mathematical and statistical content in the assessment of six A level subjects: business studies, computing, economics, geography, psychology and sociology. Analysis of the summer 2010 examination papers from AQA, CCEA, Edexcel,…
Digital Technologies and Mathematics Education
These resources, written in 2011 and provided by the Joint Mathematical Council (JMC), discuss the role that digital technologies might and should have in mathematics education. Consideration is given to the types of experiences students encounter and how best to develop the curriculum to engage students in using skills to explore…
Mathematical Needs
In 2009, the Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education (ACME), who provide these resources, embarked on the Mathematical Needs Project to investigate how both the national needs and the individual needs of students, from age five to nineteen in England, could be met by a curriculum, delivery policy and implementation framework. The…
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…
Take a Chance
This activity considers the probability of events happening and involves calculating simple probabilities and expressing them in terms of fractions and words. Children consider the probability of real events. They then work out the chance of choosing a certain sweet from a bag and record this as a fraction. This can be extended…
Chance Factor
This activity uses every day scenarios, as well as the chance of inheriting a genetic disorder, as the context for practicing how to: • calculate simple probabilities and express them in terms of fractions, decimals and words • compare different probabilities with one another • consider the probability of real…
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Farming Counts
A selection of resources from Farming & Countryside Education (FACE) linked to mathematics at Key Stage Two. Each resource is either a worded problem or an activity related to the countryside. They can be easily fitted into mathematics lessons or given for homework after teaching the topics in class. The areas covered are: •…
What Can Soap Films Tell Us about Motorways?
This resource, from the Royal Institution, provides a series of activities which draw together a range of areas of mathematics and its applications, as well as considering how and why soap bubbles can provide the answers to some seemingly unrelated questions. Students design and test motorway networks connecting cities and, through…
Sierpinski Triangles Investigation
This resource, from the Royal Institution, provides students with the opportunity to explore patterns in mathematics. The activity begins by considering observed patterns in number sequences and progresses to the concept of fractals, which is introduced to students through playing 'the chaos game'. Students construct…
Mirrors and Angles Investigation
In this practical activity, from the Royal Institution, students use paired mirrors to investigate repeated reflections and the symmetrical properties of certain polygons. Based on observations made about these symmetries, students then look at how the mirrors and reflections allow them to deduce the angles in various shapes,…
Platonic Solids
This resource, from the Royal Institution, provides a practical experience which introduces students to the classification of 3D shapes. Modelling equipment is used to construct solids and explore possible shapes that can be formed with only triangular, square or pentagonal faces. Students also learn about Platonic solids, which…
Green Fairgrounds
The RA3 project, provided by the Centre for Science Education, aims to bring parents together with their children and teachers to explore the worlds of science, technology, engineering and maths. This investigation helps to develop an awareness of green power by designing and making a new fairground ride which is self-powered.…
Mathematics: Made to Measure
This resource from Ofsted, published in May 2012, is a full report and summary of the findings into the teaching of mathematics, based predominantly on evidence from inspections between January 2008 and July 2011 in maintained schools in England. Attention is drawn to serious inequalities in students’ experiences and achievements…
Good Practice in Primary Mathematics
This resource from Ofsted is a report and summary of the findings of the survey on good practice in primary mathematics teaching, which was conducted following a ministerial request for Ofsted to provide evidence on effective practice in the teaching of early arithmetic, published in November 2011. It focuses on identifying characteristics…
Mathematics Survey Visits
This resource from Ofsted contains generic grade descriptors and supplementary subject-specific guidance in mathematics, drawn from the leadership and management section of the evaluation schedule for the inspection of schools and academies, January 2012. It is intended only to inform the judgements made by specialist inspectors…
Finnish Pupils' Success in Mathematics
This resource from Ofsted is a full report and summary of the findings from a visit, in September 2009, made by two of Her Majesty's Inspectors to educational establishments in Finland. Evidence was gathered from three schools and a university from each of three towns about the factors that contributed to Finnish students’…
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- Publication year: 2010 to date
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Recruiting and Retaining Qualified and Motivated Mathematics Teachers
The shortage of specialist teachers of mathematics has been a concern for many years and this resource, from the Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS), is designed to help organisations focus upon a plan of action, which will lead to better recruitment and retention of mathematics teachers. Organisations are invited to…
Google in Education: a New and Open World for Learning
Produced by Google, this document looks at the company's involvement in supporting education. It illustrates the range of Google's education activities and resources. It also aims to illustrate how Google tools can support learning in a range of curriculum areas including science, technology, engineering and mathematics…
Issue 37: The Weather
This issue of the Primary Magazine from the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) takes weather as its inspiration for a number of mathematical starting points. Stormy weather gives rise to opportunities to discuss and work with large numbers, speed, distance and time, percentages and probability…
Issue 39: It's in the News! Space Junk
This activity from the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) Primary magazine takes the issue of space junk as its central theme. There are opportunities to develop and understanding of time and time zones, probability, mass, speed and large numbers relating to distances. Other opportunities offered…
Issue 31: Art of Mathematics
Taken from Issue 31 of the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) Primary magazine, the Art of Mathematics focuses on Friedensreich Hundertwasser, an Austrian painter and architect. His buildings are colourful and rounded, trees are extremely tall, everything is inaccurate. He disliked edges and straight…
Using P Scales to Assess Progress
This QCA document describes through case studies and activities how the P scales can be used in a range of educational settings to assess the progress of students. The P scales were designed, like the programmes of study they relate to, for students from 5 to 16 years of age. They are particularly relevant to students with learning…
Data Handling Activities for Students Aged 9-11
Jingle Bells, a Christmas themed activity, published by BEAM. In this activity, students have to identify a range of musical notes. Students are required to construct a tally chart. From the results of the tally chart a bar chart can be drawn. Students then have to interpret their results by deciding which student shoould…
Data Handling Activities for Students Aged 7-9
Published by BEAM, this activity for two students uses Venn diagrams to develop an understanding of the intersection of two sets. About us - an activity for two students. Each student labels one circle of a Venn diagram with their name. Students then take turns to pick a characteristic of themselves. The students have to decide…
Money and Measure Games for Students Aged 9-11
Published by BEAM, this maze is for either one or two students working collaboratively to consolidate their skill in adding and subtracting amounts of money. • Maths maze - starting with a score of £500 students are required to roll a die, move to the appropriate square and complete the operation stated. Students have…
Money and Measure Activities for Students Aged 9-11
A selection of resources, published by BEAM, for teachers of primary mathematics. It includes challenging problems and puzzles, open-ended investigations, cross-curricular activities, and resources to practise and consolidate students' mathematical understanding. The activities, with their mathematical content, are: •…
Money and Measure Games for Students Aged 7-9
A selection of games, published by BEAM, for Key Stage Two students to practise and consolidate their mathematical understanding of money by developing a strategic approach. • Lines of money - a game for two players requiring students to add of multiples of 5p coins, the largest total wins. • Money bags - a game…
Money and Measure Activities for Students Aged 7-9
A selection of resources, published by BEAM, for teachers of primary mathematics. It includes challenging problems and puzzles, open-ended investigations, cross-curricular activities, and resources to practise and consolidate students' mathematical understanding. • Body Measures - measuring and comparing lengths of…
Shape Games for Students Aged 9-11
Published by BEAM, these games provide opportunities for students to practise and consolidate their knowledge and understanding of shape and space. The three games, with their mathematical content, are: • Angles - identifying right, acute and obtuse angles in shapes • Coordinates grid game - generating co-ordinates…
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Shape Activities for Students Aged 9-11
A selection of resources, published by BEAM, for teachers of primary mathematics. They include challenging problems and puzzles, open-ended investigations, cross-curricular activities and resources to practise and consolidate students' understanding of shape and space. The activities, with their mathematical content, are: •…
Shape Games for Students Aged 7-9
A selection of resources, published by BEAM, for teachers of primary mathematics. They include challenging problems and puzzles, open-ended investigations, cross-curricular activities and resources to practise and consolidate students' understanding of shape and space. • Fishy codes - decoding using co-ordinates •…
Shape Activities for Students Aged 7-9
A selection of activities, published by BEAM, for teachers of primary mathematics. They include challenging problems and puzzles, open-ended investigations, cross-curricular activities and resources to practise and consolidate students' understanding of shape and space. The activities, with their mathematical content, are: •…
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