Mike Ollerton
@MichaelOllerton
Passionate about mathematics teaching, problem solving, mixed-attainment, fell walking, cycling, LFC, bridge, dearly beloved (db), not necessarily in that order
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24-09-2012 09:36:35
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JD ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฌ๐ง๐ฌ๐ง Rwanda wonโt work, and even if it did itโs only going to deal with a few hundred. Why donโt the tories take France up on their offer of processing people over there? Could it be because they donโt want to stop the boats? Better to create division.
It blows my mind that David Cameron talks of the risk of casualties when Israel has killed over 30,000 & our Government continue to support them. Some lives are more important than others, clearly.
When Y11 daughter says I canโt remember trig ratios and you work through constructing and reading from these triangles and she goes ๐คฏ๐ โwhy donโt they teach me this at school?โ. So how do they teach them? Geoff Wake ๐ช๐บ๐บ๐ฆ๐ช๐บ Mike Ollerton Pip - Mathematics Graham Cumming Teachers of Maths ๐คท๐ฝโโ๏ธ
Mike Ollerton Dr Helen J not moving on Williams ๐ช๐บ๐ฆ Wes Streeting MP Me too Mike - a real missed opportunity for the country
Dr Helen J not moving on Williams ๐ช๐บ๐ฆ The CuisenaireยฎCo UK Alf Coles Mike Ollerton Peter Lacey ๐ฆ Adil Jaffer I'm an English teacher by training so it's very easy to avoid 'wrong' in that. But I also currently teach maths in secondary and I think the thing I do most often when helping students tackle questions is start with 'what do you know, and how can you use it?'
Jerome.Foley Fantastic Maths Why would I need a procedure to solve a problem?
Blimey- think of all the procedures Iโd have to memorise to solve all problems this way ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ซ
Dr Helen J not moving on Williams ๐ช๐บ๐ฆ Mary Pardoe Yorkshire Steve I recall an anecdote from David Fielker. Q: how do you teach your pupils to solve problems A: I give them problems to solve
Mike Ollerton Dr Laurie Jacques (she/her) Professor Smudge Teachers of Maths Tom Francome Colin Foster Peter Gates Peter Lacey ๐ฆ Cosette Crisan nbretscher Having multiple exam boards acts as a brake on innovation. Each is inherently conservative and together they coalesce to shut down progression in curriculum and assessmentโฆ
Dr Laurie Jacques (she/her) Professor Smudge Teachers of Maths Geoff Wake ๐ช๐บ๐บ๐ฆ๐ช๐บ Tom Francome Colin Foster Peter Gates Peter Lacey ๐ฆ Cosette Crisan nbretscher The meaninglessness of mathematics is due to the uselessness of examinations. The most important aspects of mathematics is through problem solving and the use of investigations. These skills cannot be carried out in an exam.
Geoff Wake ๐ช๐บ๐บ๐ฆ๐ช๐บ Dr Laurie Jacques (she/her) Professor Smudge Teachers of Maths Tom Francome Colin Foster Peter Gates Peter Lacey ๐ฆ Cosette Crisan nbretscher โWe have assessment that is not fit for purpose.โ Absolutely; using tests to measure studentsโ mathematical capabilities fail students. Full stop.
Etak Airotciv Jacob Merrill Dr Helen J not moving on Williams ๐ช๐บ๐ฆ Dr Laurie Jacques (she/her) Dr Rachel Marks ๐ค mathscpdchat Ruth Trundley ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ป๐ป Geoff Wake ๐ช๐บ๐บ๐ฆ๐ช๐บ Teachers of Maths The Joint Mathematical Council of the UK (JMC) The Mathematical Association Mike Ollerton In the 1980s I used to run 'maths for parents' sessions to help them as co-educators. I wld often start with giving out a piece of blank paper & ask them to write numbers 1-10 in the margin in prep for a test so I could build on what they knew.
We then started by discussing fear.