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Project Ideas Free
Projects are on our minds at the moment! I am just final checking my IB2 projects before submitting marks and just starting my projects with IB1s. this year I have been really happy with the build up...
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Mutilated Chess Board
The mutilated chessboard problem provides a lovely opportunity for students to experience the stages of problem solving that end up with proof. I highly recommend letting students have a go at this and...
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Aims and Objectives
Every teacher of IB Mathematics should be aware of the 'Aims and Objectives' of group 5 subjects. More than that I think we and our students should constantly reminded of what they are so that they are...
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Perceived Corruption Free
Here is another wonderful example of the sort of thing that is flying around the Internet these days that makes teaching statistics so real. Check out this post on the results of survey about perceived...
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Theory of Knowledge Free
I want to use this opportunity to explain how my own personal approach to ToK has developed. Like many teachers who start the IB, the whole idea was very new to me and seemed very much like a distant...
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Logic Lab Free
I just wanted to write a quick post about this tool I have been playing with for teaching logic. Here is the link to The Logic Lab. It is quite self explanatory, but essentially, you get make some simple...
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May 2014 Results! Free
Each year I am required to write a report on the IB Mathematics results and, although I am still in holiday mode, I am beginning to think about what I will write this year. Obviously I wont publish confidential...
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The Intuition Line Free
This blog post is about a concept I am defining as 'The Intuition Line'. I am sure I am not the first to do so, but it is currently present in my thoughts so I wanted to write it down! In short, I am...
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The Problem with Monty Hall Free
Those of you familiar with the Monty Hall problem will know what a wonderfully rich bit of mathematics it is. Those of you who are not are faced with a problem the Internet has brought us. I would suggest...
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IA Moderation Free
I have just completeed another set of moderating for the Internal Assessment element of the course. It is really important to say that I am only a moderator and that I too am subjecto to moderation and...