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Espressos

For the last seven years Cambridge Mathematics has been publishing free-to-download Espressos – our small but intense draughts of filtered research on mathematics education, expressly designed with teachers in mind. Each Espresso considers one particular issue in mathematics education, and how the latest good-quality research can provide helpful guidance or further reading. Here are our recommendations for Espressos which could support your use of M.A.T.H. Mummy Mayhem.

For reading aligned with the game-related content of M.A.T.H. Mummy Mayhem

  1. An infographic showing Four strategies that support building a geometric design out of component parts. Two approaches which are disembedding, and two which are embedding

    Issue 46: Building and breaking 2D and 3D shapes

    What does research suggest about building up and breaking down 2D and 3D shapes?

    View Espresso 46

  2. Infographic showing Thinking spatially processes, Knowing about space, Representation and Reasoning

    Issue 27: Spatial skills

    What does research suggest about early development of spatial skills?

    View Espresso 27

To learn more about broader geometry concepts and pedagogies

  1. An infographic displaying Four ways to approach finding missing values when working with similarity. The four methods are: Between ratio, Within ratio, Scale factor and Transformation-based

    Issue 39: Teaching and learning similarity

    What does research suggest about the teaching and learning of similarity?

    View Espresso 39

  2. Infographic showing Two possible visual representations of proportional reasoning

    Issue 28: Proportional reasoning

    What does research suggest about the development of proportional reasoning in mathematics learning?

    View Espresso 28

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  1. Infographic explaining How would you classify the design principles of your digital maths learning resources

    Issue 30: Remote mathematics learning

    What does the research suggest about remote mathematics learning?

    View Espresso 30

  2. Infographic comparing mathematical and computational thinking cycles

    Issue 24: Mathematical and computational thinking

    What are mathematical thinking and computational thinking and what is the relationship between them?

    View Espresso 24

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