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Resourceaholic: Introducing Differentiation

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Ideas and resources for teaching secondary school mathematics. A while ago I was asked by @ JPMason. This post is primarily aimed at teachers who are teaching calculus for the first time - I hope you find some useful ideas here. An Instantaneous Rate of Change. As well as knowing how to differentiate, students need an intuitive understanding of the gradient of a curve at a point. Students are familiar with the concept of gradient. If your school is lucky enough to own a motion sensor. Are great fun. ...

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Resourceaholic: Algebra

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Ideas and resources for teaching secondary school mathematics. This page lists recommended resources for teaching algebraic topics at Key Stage 3/4. Huge thanks to all individuals and organisations who share teaching resources. In addition to the resources listed below, see my blog post ' Introducing Algebra. Forming and Simplifying Expressions. Translating English to algebra. Magic squares simplifying activity. Algebra true or false. Six-a-side maths (simplifying algebra). Expand and Simplify Connect 4 i.

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Resourceaholic: New GCSE: Sequences

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Ideas and resources for teaching secondary school mathematics. We've gone from this (from the current. Pearson Edexcel Specification - GCSE 2012 Maths A. To this (from the new. Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) in Mathematics. All the linear sequences content remains (see my previous post. About methods for finding an nth term). The terms arithmetic progression. Are now used in both the specification and sample assessment materials - terms I normally don't introduce to students until Year 12. It wasn't long ago...

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Resourceaholic: Gem Awards 2015

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Ideas and resources for teaching secondary school mathematics. This is my 100. It's also nearly a year since I launched resourceaholic.com. To celebrate this milestone I've been reading back through my gems posts. I've picked out some of my favourite gems, and those that were particularly popular with my readers. They deserve a special mention. So raise a glass of champagne with me, and toast the winners of the first annual Gem Awards! 1 Best Website - Mathigon. There was a buzz about Mathigon. Which I f...

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Resourceaholic: Homework

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Ideas and resources for teaching secondary school mathematics. Redirecting to new dedicated homework website! Im trying something new with my Year 11s this year. I ended up in a bit of a mess with this class last year. Their exercise books ove. End of term resources. Twitter hashtags for maths teachers. Schools Week: Maths recruitment. Total Jobs: Insights into Teaching. Tricks and Tips 1: HCF. End of term resources. 5 Maths Gems #4. Ideas for Teaching Circle Theorems. Teaching Box and Whisker Plots.

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Resourceaholic: Statistics

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Ideas and resources for teaching secondary school mathematics. This page lists a selection of recommended resources for teaching Statistics at Key Stage 5, organised by topic. In addition to the resources listed here, I highly recommend the activities provided by the Further Maths Support Network/MEI. School login required), which include topic notes, worksheets, activities and assessments. Also worth a read is MEI's advice on teaching statistics. And this Guide to Dodgy Data. Coffee shops and crime.

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Resourceaholic: Tricks and Tips 3: Quadratics

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Ideas and resources for teaching secondary school mathematics. Tricks and Tips 3: Quadratics. Last month I presented a workshop at the National Mathematics Teacher Conference ( #mathsconf2015. And methods for sequences, linear graphs and surds. The vertex of a quadratic graph. This comes up in the new maths GCSE, in questions like this which is taken from the Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Mathematics Sample Assessment Materials. For the purpose of this post, let's consider the function y = x. Y = (x - 3).

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Resourceaholic: 5 Maths Gems #34

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Ideas and resources for teaching secondary school mathematics. 5 Maths Gems #34. Hello and welcome to my 34. Gems post. This is where I share five teaching ideas I've seen on Twitter. The summer holidays are finally here! Let's be honest though - although it's lovely to have the opportunity to rest and play, the majority of us do a fair amount of school work over summer - creating resources, organising and tidying, preparing for September, catching up on reading. Have you read all 34 of my gems posts.

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Resourceaholic: New GCSE: Tangents and Areas

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Ideas and resources for teaching secondary school mathematics. New GCSE: Tangents and Areas. At first glance it appears that calculus features in the new GCSE specification. On closer inspection it turns out that our students will find the gradient of a curve by drawing a suitable tangent. Rather than by differentiating. And instead of integrating, students will use the trapezium rule. This post talks you through this new GCSE topic - it tells you what you need to teach and provides links to resources.

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Resourceaholic: Core A2

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Ideas and resources for teaching secondary school mathematics. This page lists recommended resources for teaching Core Mathematics at A2, organised by topic. Huge thanks to all individuals and organisations who share teaching resources. Partial Fractions Fun Sheet. Functions notes and exercises. Domain and Range Card Sort. What type of function? Composite and inverse functions cards. Composite and inverse functions worksheets. Inverse functions - notes and problems. Andrew Kirby on TES. E and ln worksheet.