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Google Books link to appropriate reading

ThomasJPitts 2nd November 2010

Google Books link to appropriate reading

After Study Block 1, taught session 2, we were given a reading to look through and digest. We were given Chapter 5 (pp. 79-104) from “Children’s mathematics 4-15: learning from errors and misconceptions” by Julie Ryan, Julian Williams. (McGraw-Hill International, 2007) The mistakes children make in mathematics are usually not just ‘mistakes’ – they are […]

A reflection through an axis followed by a reflection across a second axis parallel to the first one results in a total motion which is a translation.

ThomasJPitts 1st November 2010

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Parallel axes of reflection

The discussion at our last MaST meeting about parallel axes of reflections lead me to think about this a lot. And it wasn’t until I sat down with some paper and drew things that I could see it clearly. At the last meeting, we looked into exploring reflection using a skipping rope and children mirroring […]

Shape & Space Activities – Year 6 outcomes, day 1

ThomasJPitts 23rd September 2010

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Reflections, Study Block 1: Geometry

Shape & Space Activities – Year 6 outcomes, day 1

I’m not entirely happy with the way yesterday went. For a start, we didn’t manage to fit in everything I had originally expected, which stops me from trying out all three activities with the small group as planned. Also, the group had grown by two to thirteen, making it a little on the large side […]