The strategy books are now available for borrowing from the HPS library. We also have a copy of the Mental computation books. These books help teachers to introduce, and make explicit, mental computation strategies to enable students to become proficient users of mental computation in everyday life. The following article was recently posted on the Natural Maths blog and further discusses mental computation and plots a developmental sequence as a guide for teachers. Worth reading!!
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Although discussing High School maths, I think this TED presentation is highly relevant to primary teachers too. Please add any thoughts/opinions by leaving a comment.
This week's TPL was a Problem solving session (run using adobe connect). We were lucky to have Johnny Baker from Natural Maths to answer any questions we had around problem solving using the STAR model. We came away from the afternoon with new ideas and enthusiasm ready to head back to our classes and work on problem solving!
Please leave any comments or feedback you would like to give on the session. This might offer some strategies that you can try in your classroom to improve participation and engagement during reflection time.
Leave a comment and share if you try any of these strategies - we would all love to hear more about how you go. An important question to be asking ourselves in light of today's TPL session! The article below comes from an interesting blog - plenty of great posts to read.
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