Teaching as learning by Lynne McClure, 16 September 2016 Lynne McClure summarises our recent international seminar on the key ideas around maths CPD.
Proportions, polygons, and pieces of paper by Rachael Horsman, 02 September 2016 Rachael Horsman investigates some intriguing properties of A4 paper.
Down on their luck by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 19 August 2016 Lucy Rycroft-Smith goes beyond the cube in a quest to demonstrate some of the more unusual sides to dice.
Reflections on ICME13 by Lynne McClure, 05 August 2016 Lynne McClure looks back at ICME 13 in Hamburg.
Creating simulation resources to teach probability, part 1 of 4 by Darren Macey, 29 July 2016 In the first of four parts, Darren Macey explains how to make a simple dice simulator in Excel.
Cavalieri’s Principle and how it could transform area and volume by Rachael Horsman, 21 July 2016 Rachael Horsman explores how shearing a pack of cards can help us to calculate area and volume.
The sixth sense: a sense of six? by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 19 July 2016 Lucy Rycroft-Smith asks whether number sense is innate - can babies do maths?
Birds of a feather tweet together by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 05 July 2016 Lucy Rycroft-Smith discusses Twitter. Twitter is all about connections, and so is maths. But for both you have to be open to them...
European fellowship by Lynne McClure, 28 June 2016 Lynne McClure blogs about mascil, a pan-European project bringing together 13 countries to share knowledge and promote 'mathematics and science for life!'
Good with digits – does the evidence point to using fingers for maths? by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 24 June 2016 Lucy Rycroft-Smith investigates the correlation between finger gnosia (ability to perceive or recognise one’s own fingers) and mathematical development.