Given that female students now seem broadly to be performing as well as their male counter-parts at GCSE, why do we still need to concern ourselves with issues of gender and mathematics at school l...

How can I tell if children in my Reception/Y1 class are making progress in their calculation skills When counting and ordering quantities, children are focussed directly on the quantitative as...

Why do learners appear to forget what they have learned: The Maths Fairies   For the full article click here.

Though young children have a more limited repertoire of mathematical skills than their older peers, they will respond to the challenge of solving problems and - in doing so - often develop new know...

How can I tell if children in my Reception/Y1 class are making progress in their calculation skills When counting and ordering quantities, children are focussed directly on the quantitative as...

Mathematicians are forced to resort to written symbols and pictures to describe their world - even to each other. But the symbols are no more that world than musical notation is music. (Ian Stewart...

This entry gives some detail about the aspects and issues you may need to think about to help pupils understand what a fraction is, how to operate with fractions and the links between fractions and...

Mathematics cannot be learnt without language Whilst mathematics might be considered to be a language in its own right the demands it makes of the use of language by learners can be considerab...

What sorts of CPD are effective? What evidence could you offer that professional development has influenced your teaching or influenced your learners? Seeking evidence of change is not always ...

Habits are necessary, but as the Zen masters have it: habit forming can be habit forming? Behavioural habits in reaction to mathematical challenge can block learners performance in the short t...

Given that female students now seem broadly to be performing as well as their male counter-parts at GCSE, why do we still need to concern ourselves with issues of gender and mathematics at school l...