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Author: Craig Barton
Writing a new Maths Scheme of Work – Part 16: Homeworks
You can view all the posts in the epic “Writing a Maths Scheme of Work” series on this page. It’s kind of like Game of Thrones, only with slightly less nudity and dragons. It has beenContinue reading
The art of teaching anti-functional maths
I have started writing for a new TES blog. Below is my first article on what I see are the dangers of an over-emphasis on so-called functional or real life maths. You can view theContinue reading
Diagnostic Questions: exciting news
It gives me great pleasure to unveil a sneak preview of three brand-new, exciting features that are coming to Diagnostic Questions in the new academic year. As we have said from the outset, we wantContinue reading
Venn Diagram Activities
I have created and uploaded to TES 24 Venn Diagram activities, covering a whole host of mathematical topics, from straight line graphs to probability, calling in at properties of 3D shapes and sequences along theContinue reading
The 5 most interesting misconceptions in mathematics – my Edexcel Maths Conference Talk, July 2015
On Saturday 4th July, I was kindly invited to give the opening address at the wonderful Edexcel Maths Conference in Warwick. The title of my talk was “The 5 most interesting misconceptions in mathematics”. QuiteContinue reading
@TESMaths Resource of the Day: 29th June to 5th July 2015
Each day I select one of my favourite free maths resources that have been uploaded and shared by the generous and incredibly talented users of the TES Maths website and tweet it out via @TESmaths. I call thisContinue reading
Lesson Collection: Negative Numbers – TES Resource of the Week 82
For the next few weeks, the ROTW will be looking at examples of complete lessons on TES. I find resources like this fascinating, as they give you a real insight into a teacher’s thinking, farContinue reading
@TESMaths Resource of the Day: 22nd to 28th June 2015
Each day I select one of my favourite free maths resources that have been uploaded and shared by the generous and incredibly talented users of the TES Maths website and tweet it out via @TESmaths. I call thisContinue reading
Lesson Collection 81: Function Machines – TES ROTW 81
For the next few weeks, the ROTW will be looking at examples of complete lessons on TES. I find resources like this fascinating, as they give you a real insight into a teacher’s thinking, farContinue reading
@TESMaths Resource of the Day: 15th to 21st June 2015
Each day I select one of my favourite free maths resources that have been uploaded and shared by the generous and incredibly talented users of the TES Maths website and tweet it out via @TESmaths. I call thisContinue reading
Angle Facts: New Secondary Maths Curriculum Collection 14
Each fortnight, I will put together a selection of resources designed to help cover the objectives of the new 2014 maths curriculum for secondary schools (Key Stage 3). These are all freely available from theContinue reading
Properties of Shapes and Transformations: New Secondary Maths Curriculum Collection 13
Each fortnight, I will put together a selection of resources designed to help cover the objectives of the new 2014 maths curriculum for secondary schools (Key Stage 3). These are all freely available from theContinue reading
Lesson Collection: Averages from Tables – TES Resource of the Week 80
The following resource has been kindly shared on the TES Maths website. It is available to download for free by registering. And to access all the lovely Resource of the Week (ROTW) resources, just click here ForContinue reading
@TESMaths Resource of the Day: 8th to 14th June 2015
Each day I select one of my favourite free maths resources that have been uploaded and shared by the generous and incredibly talented users of the TES Maths website and tweet it out via @TESmaths. I call thisContinue reading
Lesson Collection: Real Life Graphs – TES Resource of the Week 79
The following resource has been kindly shared on the TES Maths website. It is available to download for free by registering. And to access all the lovely Resource of the Week (ROTW) resources, just click here ForContinue reading
@TESMaths Resource of the Day: 1st to 7th June 2015
Each day I select one of my favourite free maths resources that have been uploaded and shared by the generous and incredibly talented users of the TES Maths website and tweet it out via @TESmaths. I call thisContinue reading
Lesson Collection: Pie Charts – TES Resource of the Week 78
The following resource has been kindly shared on the TES Maths website. It is available to download for free by registering. And to access all the lovely Resource of the Week (ROTW) resources, just click here ForContinue reading
@TESMaths Resource of the Day: 25th to 31st May 2015
Each day I select one of my favourite free maths resources that have been uploaded and shared by the generous and incredibly talented users of the TES Maths website and tweet it out via @TESmaths. I call thisContinue reading
New Maths Rich Tasks… continued!
I have now created a set of 25 maths rich tasks, which are all available (for free!) here. I have put these together from some of my favourite activities that I have used over theContinue reading