Archive for September, 2008
- Lattice multiplication :: Download a sheet of lattice multiplication blanks. Lattice or Gelosia multiplication has gone down very well this year with Access Maths students. The blanks save a bit of drawing in the sessions. I’ve noticed that the YouTube above and some of the step by step explanations of lattice multiplication handle the carries in a slightly different [...] :: Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 :: Posted in Maths | Comments Off
- BODMAS quick quiz :: Download a PDF of a BODMAS quick quiz. Print it out and use in the first ten minutes of the lesson to test how much was absorbed in the last lesson! The reverse questions help understanding I find. Adult students want to know the reasoning behind the methods. :: Sunday, September 21st, 2008 :: Posted in Maths, Maths Quizzes | Comments Off
- An experiment: battery memory :: Read current literature, make conjecture, devise experiment, test, process results, present. :: Sunday, September 14th, 2008 :: Posted in Scientific method | Comments Off
- Of All The People In All The World :: A touring exhibition by Stan's Cafe is a gift to Maths teachers. Statistics suggested by viewers, people represented by rice grains. :: Saturday, September 13th, 2008 :: Posted in Maths, Notes | Comments Off
- Science, but not as we know it :: A group of them were building Excel spreadsheets into which they’d dump all the information they’d gathered about how each boss behaved: What potions affected it, what attacks it would use, with what damage, and when. Then they’d develop a mathematical model to explain how the boss worked — and to predict how to beat [...] :: Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 :: Posted in Learning, Scientific method | Comments Off
- visual-literacy.org :: Using illustrations to convey concepts can save time and can support students who have a visual orientation. Drawing a visual representation of a set of ideas or a process forces you to think in a different way compared with linear text. A project run by several Universities in Europe has resulted in the visual-literacy.org Web [...] :: Thursday, September 4th, 2008 :: Posted in ILT, Learning | Comments Off