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Intersections: Mathematics and the advertising manager

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 26 September 2019
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An advertising manager talks to Lucy Rycroft-Smith about the role of maths in her professional life
Interviews and intersections

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Board games and mathematics: trivial pursuits

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith & Darren Macey, 20 September 2019
A deck of cards spread out
Lucy Rycroft-Smith and Darren Macey ponder the question, 'can you shuffle a deck of cards with a single card in it?'
Mining for maths

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Keeping mathematics close to your heart

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 13 September 2019
A heart drawn on a sheet of graph paper
Lucy Rycroft-Smith looks at how the phrase 'to learn by heart' aligns with conceptual and procedural knowledge
Considering the research

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Seven questions with... Dr Amenda Chow

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 14 August 2019
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Lucy Rycroft-Smith poses our seven questions to Dr Amenda Chow
Interviews and intersections

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Intersections: Mathematics and the bicycle business owner

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 18 July 2019
A bike clamped in the air inside a workshop
Join Lucy Rycroft-Smith as she discovers how maths is involved in running a bike workshop
Interviews and intersections

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Data creator

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith & Darren Macey, 11 July 2019
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Lucy Rycroft-Smith and Darren Macey explore the exciting journey of data creation
Considering the research

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Venntersection

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 21 June 2019
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Lucy Rycroft-Smith explores how Venn diagrams can be used in at least three different ways
Mining for maths

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I know I know

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith & Darren Macey, 17 May 2019
Seven dice with letters spelling out the word Unknown, with two fingers moving the letters U and N away
Lucy Rycroft-Smith and Darren Macey explore the importance of knowing what we don't know
Mining for maths

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Recursivity: mathemartics

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith & Dominika Majewska, 03 May 2019
A recursive image of a green pattern
Dominika Majewska and Lucy Rycroft-Smith explore a theme omitted from the current English mathematics curriculum
Mining for maths

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Collaboration or co-elaboration?

by Lucy Rycroft-Smith, 16 April 2019
A group photo of those who attended ISDDE UK 2019
Lucy Rycroft-Smith reflects on the inaugural ISDDE UK meeting which was recently hosted by Cambridge Maths
Events and take-aways

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