Helping students give better talks.
Better student talks
Another party puzzle
Mr and Mrs Smith in one of my favourite party puzzles.
Ramsey’s party problem
Introducing an easy-to-understand game that serves as an entry point to a rich area of mathematics.
Tracy Zager’s word clouds
Two word clouds that remind me of my purpose as a teacher.
Friday Five: #4
Spirals, notice and wonder, infinite geometric series, vocabulary, and respect for students.
The tea towel of multiplication
Exploring a variety of multiplication methods to encourage fluency.
Focusing on the relationships
Sharing five of my teaching pillars.
Fold-and-cut
Introducing the fold-and-cut activity.
My motivating images
Thinking about what provides me inspiration and focus.
Why students might choose the textbook
Trying to understand student choices.
#QuarterTheCross and @FractionTalks
A task to promote creative thinking and reasoning.
Friday Five: #3
Dot talks, feedback with a highlighter, uncovering misconceptions, and two of my favourite people.
K to 2, to infinity
Opening the door to a multi-level exploration of a task.
One hot minute
Taking a moment to seek feedback from students.
Falling down the mountain
Learning from difficult ski runs.
The Joy of SET
Sharing my favourite mathematical game.
Head or hands?
Building mathematical intuition.
Friday Five: #2
Five opportunities to be 'in the presence of mathematical thinking'.
MAT 2016
Keynotes and workshops for the Mathematical Association of Tasmania.
An unspeakable curse (word)
A word to eliminate in teaching maths.
‘Train-food’ (The ten hundred word challenge)
An interesting take on using common words to explain complex ideas.
I’m not sure if it is important, but I noticed …
A quiet student notices something unexpected in a puzzle.
A photo and a memory
A memory on Mother's Day.
#read2016: Part 1
Some of the books I've read so far in 2016.
Wonder in Mathematics 