Learning Mathematics with Microcomputers
This report was written post Cockcroft and at a time when a number of organisations were producing computer programs and packages for use in the mathematics classroom. The report is split into a number of sections. As a teaching aid gives detail of the variety of organisations: national projects, regional centres, LEAs, subject…
Electronic Calculators
These resources, from Nuffield Foundation, were designed as a supplement to the Nuffield Maths 5-11 project, especially those activities which could be supported and reinforced by using a calculator. Most of the material in this book could be used by anyone interested in calculator work with students, although it was intended…
Alpha Mathematics 4
This resource, published by Schofield & Sims, is the fourth in the Alpha Mathematics series of text books which were developed for use by more able students of junior and middle school age. It continues the theme of previous books and allows students to review and extend their knowledge of specific topics. Contents include: Number…
Alpha Mathematics Teacher's Manual
This resource, published by Schofield & Sims, accompanies the text books for the Alpha Mathematics series, which catered for more able students at junior and middle school, and contains detailed notes on the implementation of the scheme which includes: • a synopsis of the contents of the Alpha series, the stages of development…
Shape Activity in the Classroom - Books 8 to 14
These Eigen publications booklets contain interesting problems based on drawing polygons on seven and nine pin grids, a range of problems using pentominoes and further dissection and tangram puzzles. • Further dissections is a range of 2, 4 and 5 piece dissections of basic shapes. • Christmas tangrams is a collection…
Shape Activity in the Classroom - Books 1 to 7
These Eigen publications booklets focus on the construction of three-dimensional shapes and dissection problems involving two-dimensional shapes. • The tetrahedron covers a variety of ways of constructing tetrahedrons. • The octahedron demonstrates a variety of ways of constructing an octahedron. • Limping…
Maths in Sport - Soccer Booklets
These three Eigen publications booklets provide a range of data handling activities based on football. The booklets largely focus on calculation of means and the use of tallies, frequency tables and bar graphs. However, they also encourage students to look at rather larger amounts of data than they would meet in many texts and to…
Communicating Mathematical Ideas
This report from the Assessment Performance Unit came about as an increasing interest was being focused on how students communicate mathematical ideas and what factors facilitate or hinder their thinking and performance. This booklet features a selection of discussions and examples that illustrate aspects of how students aged 11-15…
Children Learning Mathematics - a Teacher's Guide to Recent Research
The Low Attainers in Mathematics Project has two aims; to bring to the notice of teachers the current knowledge about learning processes in mathematics which resulted in the writing of this book and to provide information to teachers and advisers about the ways in which primary, middle and secondary schools deal with students who…
Ways to Win
A collection of thirty two mathematical games. The aim of each is for students to decide whether there is a winning strategy. The games are: take the pegs, Tetromino chase, Solitaire, remove the cube, make it twenty-four, total 87, hedge me in, grab the last cross, sticks game, strategic darts, square chase, NIM, Pentomino chase,…
Shape Workshop
A booklet contains a variety of ideas and teacher inspiration for teaching shape to students of all ages. The activities are: • Pictures from three and seven piece tangrams • Making polygons from the dissection of a square and a square from the dissection of a cross. • Finding different ways to colour half…
Calculator Workshop
A collection of seventy four activities designed for use with a calculator. Topics covered include all four operations of number, number bonds, number machines, factors, missing signs, fraction to decimal conversions, areas of rectangles, perfect squares, factorials and investigating the ratio of two consecutive Fibonacci numbers. Activities…
Bounce to It!
A collection of forty six mathematical investigation ideas suitable mainly for primary students with some suitable for lower secondary students. The activities in the booklet cover: enlargements, halving, colouring flags, matrices for young children, using isometric paper, using triangles to produce hexagons, addition and subtraction…
Mathematics from 5 to 16: Responses to Curriculum Matters 3 1987
A resource from the National Curriculum Council (NCC). This booklet from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate (HMI) was a response to Mathematics from 5 to 16 1985, which was the third in a series intended to stimulate discussion about the curriculum as a whole and about its individual components. All responses from the consultative…
Mathematics in the National Curriculum 1989
The National Curriculum for Mathematics was introduced into England, Wales and Northern Ireland as a nationwide curriculum for primary and secondary state schools following the Education Reform Act 1988. The purpose of the National Curriculum was to standardise the content taught across schools in order to raise standards of attainment…
Beta Mathematics Teacher's Manual
This resource, published by Schofield & Sims, is the first in the Beta Mathematics series of text books which were developed for use by students of junior and middle school age. The structure of this book is replicated in other books of the series and there are frequent opportunities for students to review previously completed…
5/5- Publication year: 1980 - 1989
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