Articles/ Papers
OCS: Improving the Mathematics Performance of Australia’s Students
Best of MathMag
Children’s Literature that Incorporates a Mathematics Theme
General Articles:
PM’s Prizes for Science: ABC Article on the Prizes and Cheryl Praeger
PM’s Prizes for Science: Women’s Agenda Article
Great articles on the Back to Front Maths website
Classroom practice:
Misconceptions – how to find and fix them (with videos)
What works and what doesn’t in intervention – research summary
Do you have decision fatigue? This might help
Is there really an ideal maths lesson?
“But you must… But you can’t…” Simple ways of adding complexity to challenging tasks
27 homework tasks that help make maths part of everyday life
What to do when kids already know everything – serious maths extension
10 maths hacks all teachers should know
Why being wrong in maths is better than being right
The time crunch: buying yourself an extra hour every week
Supply teacher maths – instant lessons that develop mathematical thinking
Mathsbusters: experimenting to bust misconceptions
Awesomely cool maths ideas for parents
Connecting and generalising questions – videos
Testing and data analysis for leaders, including information on interpreting PAT and NAPLAN
Content teaching tips
Teaching division with blocks and arrays
Simple ideas for developing multiplicative thinking
15 Partitioning games that kids (and teachers) love
How to teach addition and subtraction – free strategy flip book
Why I don’t teach two-digit numbers before teen numbers
The missing link from Place Value: Relative Size
Critical number concepts: The first three years of school
Simple ideas for teaching volume and capacity
Timely thoughts on analogue time
25% of primary teachers have not developed multiplicative thinking – check your staff