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Can programming help students appreciate Maths more?

Posted by malyn on January 13, 2011

I love it when things start to converge in my mind. This post will attempt to encapsulate this convergence; attempt being the operative word. As Jack Dorsey said, simplifying the complex is not easy. Try I must to help me document my thinking. I blogged about Maths not = calculating in reference to Wolfram’s computerbasedmath.org [...]

Revision Relay

Posted by malyn on August 17, 2010

This is a quick post to share an idea and related resource. Year 8 is about to have a maths exam next week with multiple topics: Algebra and Equations, Fractions/Decimals/Percentages, Angles, Circles/Areas and Ratios. To make revision a bit more fun, I’m doing it as team work and relay style.  The main objective is for [...]

Concentric Circles of Learning

Posted by malyn on April 21, 2010

I like collaborative work and social constructivism, i.e. learning from and with others. Today, I got to use this method in collaboration with another year 8 maths teacher.  This post is both a lesson idea as well as a reflection on this type of learning. As an introduction to the new topic of Circles, this [...]