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Teachers Talking About Teaching Mathematics
Led by Susan WallRegional Coordinator Yorkshire & Humber NCETM
NCETM small grant project – Maths Collaboration Project (KS2/3)
East Hull Mathem
atics Collabor
ation Project
Wilberforce Sixth Form College
Andrew Marvell Business and
Enterprise College
Thanet Primary School
Spring Cottage Primary SchoolSimon Dav
e
Joanne, Layton, Gillian
Susan, Teresa
What is the same and what is different?
This polygon is regular.
This polygon has exactly one obtuse
angle.
The diagonals of this polygon
are perpendicular.
This polygon has at least one pair of
parallel sides.
This is a trapezium.
This polygon has exactly 2
lines of symmetry.
These lines are perpendicular.
This shape has a diagonal.
This shape does not have a diagonal.
This is an angle.
This is not a proper angle.
This is a regular.
This is not regular.
For 1/5 they colour 5 in.
They think that 1/2 and 2/1 are the same.
Saying double top and bottom for equivalent fractions is confusing because they associate doubling as getting bigger.
What is a fraction?
What do students understand by a fraction?
What are the essentials in order to understand fractions?
8 out of 27 year 4/5 children thought the shaded area was one half of the shape.
15 out of 27 year 4/5 children thought the shaded area was one quarter of the shape.
7 out of 27 year 4/5 children thought this was true.
1
2
2
1
3 out of 12 year 12 students thought this was true.
13 out of 27 year 4/5 children thought this was true.
4 out of 12 year 12 students thought this was true.
3
12
1 is bigger than
13 out of 27 year 4/5 children answered NO.
4 out of 12 year 12 students answered NO.
3
1
2
1
4
1
6
15
1
8
1
7
1
are all fractions. Do you know any more?If so then write them down :
‘Growth last quarter was 3.1%. It was actually a four month quarter.’
Justin King
Chief Executive of Sainsbury’s
Radio 4
10th October 2007
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