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Author: Craig Barton
Maths Diagnostic Question Bundles 8: Sequences, Brackets, Iteration
Another week, another set of question bundles on my Diagnostic Questions website. The number of diagnostic / hinge questions written by other authors is steadily increasing, which is lovely to see. That was the main reason IContinue reading
TES Maths Resource of the Week 52: Trigonometry Dot to Dot
What is it? I love finding a new type of resource – one that can be adapted and used for lots of different topics. And I think this lovely resource from Ms Steel fits theContinue reading
Question of the Week 11: Area of a Circle
The following question is taken from my website Diagnostic Questions. Here you will find 1000s of free, high quality maths multiple choice diagnostic / hinge questions, ideal for Assessment for Learning, which have been created andContinue reading
@TESMaths Resource of the Day: 29th September to 5th October
Each day I select one of my favourite 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 this feature ResourceContinue reading
Maths Diagnostic Question Bundles 7: A Level and GCSE Questions
An exciting week in the world of my free maths Diagnostic Questions website. Not only did we breeze past the 3,000 question and 6,000 registered users mark, but we now have two more lovely collections ofContinue reading
TES Maths Resource of the Week 51 – Online Equations Test
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 WhatContinue reading
TES Maths Newsletter 47
Check out the resources and links in the newsletter below. They all link to the very best TES Maths resources, which are completely free once you register on the website. In this edition of the TES mathsContinue reading
Probing Maths Questions 2: Choose 3 Numbers
For all the rich maths tasks and probing questions in this series, and for the pedagogy behind the concept, please visit the Probing Maths Questions Index page. So, it’s the start of October, which canContinue reading
Question of the Week 10: Solving Quadratic Equations
The following question is taken from my website Diagnostic Questions. Here you will find 1000s of free, high quality maths multiple choice diagnostic / hinge questions, ideal for Assessment for Learning, which have been created andContinue reading
Probing Questions 1 – Complete – The Factors and Multiples Game
For all the rich maths tasks and probing questions in this series, and for the pedagogy behind the concept, please visit the Probing Maths Questions Index page. At the start of the month, I launchedContinue reading
@TESMaths Resource of the Day: 22nd to 28th September
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
Maths Diagnostic Question Bundles 6: Transforming Functions, Circles, etc
We are edging ever closer to 3000 mathematics diagnostic questions and 6000 followers on the Maths Diagnostic (hinge) Questions website. I am so pleased the website is proving popular and seems to be going downContinue reading
New Maths Curriculum Collection 1: Basic Arithmetic & Number Operations
Each fortnight, I will put together a selection of resources designed to help cover the objectives of the new maths curriculum for secondary schools (Key Stage 3). These are all freely available from the TESContinue reading
TES Maths Resource of the Week 50 – Free Maths Resource Library
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 hereContinue reading
BBC Radio 4 – The Educators – Jo Boaler
Just the other day, me and 4 of my lovely students from Thornleigh Saleisan College, Bolton, were interviewed as part of the BBC Radio 4 series “The Educators”. The programme featured Jo Boaler outlining herContinue reading
GCSE Maths Update from AQA
Today Andrew Taylor, Head of Mathematics at AQA, posted an update on the new GCSE Maths Specification on the TES Maths Forum. I thought it was worth reproducing here: Hello, As you may know, furtherContinue reading
TES Top 10 Resources: Decision Maths
The following collection of resources have been assembled by theTES Maths Panel. They can be downloaded for free by registering on the TES website. Decisions shape our lives. Decision maths helps us balance the alternativesContinue reading
TES Top 10 Resources: Assessment, feedback and questioning
The following collection of resources have been assembled by theTES Maths Panel. They can be downloaded for free by registering on the TES website. John Hattie’s 2008 book, Visible Learning, is the largest ever collection ofContinue reading
Question of the Week 9: Chinese Multiplication
The following question is taken from my website Diagnostic Questions. Here you will find 1000s of free, high quality maths multiple choice diagnostic / hinge questions, ideal for assessment for learning, which have been created andContinue reading