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Since 2010, the world of English maths education has become more and more dysfunctional. Most teachers and schools now feel forced to slavishly follow government-endorsed detailed schemes of work because they cannot take the risk of being blamed for failure. What else would you expect to happen if you introduce a curriculum which teaches maths to…
This tweet has had many views and shares and has been much discussed “x% of y = y% of x. So, for example, if you needed to work out 4% of 75 in your head, just flip it….” Jen Rogers of Oxford University and the Royal Statistical Society was asked to comment on it on ‘More…
By June it seemed that important conversations about pending national assessment reforms were failing to happen effectively because people had lost track on what’s going on. I’ve therefore spent the summer talking to many people from subject associations, unions and awarding bodies to try concisely describe the current position. This short report summarises the pending changes…
I’ve often written about the challenges associated with teaching maths to children who are only 4 years old (that most countries teach when they are 7). These include lack of short-term memory (to manipulate information), lack of long-term memory (to retain information) and lack of foundational skills (such as having an understanding of what number…
Authentic Maths primary maths training has thrived. The first thing I must do here is to express my deepest and most sincere thanks to every headteacher who has invested their money and time in this training and every teacher and teaching assistant who has contributed to it. I don’t know how to put into words…
I’m delighted to say that the series on number age 9-11 (years 5&6) is now complete. This puts me on track to complete all the 7-11 videos by the end of this year. I’ll be starting the final series – applied maths (shape, position, measure and data) next week. Links to all the videos published…