Data is out there!
The longer I teach mathematics, the more apsects of it I enjoy teaching. My preferences vary from group to group and course to course, but just at the moment , I think it is really exciting to teach statistics...
Poker Machines and Percentages
This blog entry is really just designed to ask the question above and not to answer it. The hierarchy of mathematical sub-topics has always fascinated me and I have never really been clear on what I would...
Creativity
I am nervous about writing this blog and have often thought that one of the dangers of blogging is that it invites us to share our thoughts before they are fully developed. Whilst this is to be encouraged...
Animated questions
Dynamic geometry and similar dynamic software have been a major influence on my own understanding of mathematics and consequently my own teaching. Start with the notion that all squares actually meet...
For one reason or another I have been consumed by a desire to find out more about the implications of facebook for education this week. No doubt what I have learned in a week still leaves me way behind...
Negative Power
Most of my blog entries will come about as part of my preparations to teach in the coming week and this one is no different. Tomorrow I start the calculus unit with my 2nd year IB Maths Studies students...
Striking the balance with Calculators
How to get the best out of this tool that IB allow at all times for students is a constant challenge. It should most definitely be an advantage to students and almost certainly is on balance, but this...
Why teach 3D Geometry?
Sunday evening comes and I find myself, as usual, beginning to think about the lessons I am teaching this week in more detail. This week I am looking at some 3D Geometry with the Maths Studies group....
Speculate to accumulate
Its true, you have to speculate to accumulate! In this blog entry I aim to speculate on how a narrow view of right and wrong that is perpetuated by society is to blame for some misunderstanding of mathematics....
Why blog? Why read?
The birth of the 'blog' is already a major event in the history of expression, media and publishing and is already changing the way we consume and share information accordingly. The sheer vastness of...