The start of every new teaching year for a teacher is like waking up on January 1st. New objectives, resolutions, most gone by the third week of September. As I start my 25th year as a Maths teacher I am going to commit mine to...
Read MoreSame surface different deep (SSDD) problems are a concept from Craig Barton, where he asks different questions based on one concept. You can read all about them here on Craig’s website. There are plenty of resources that...
Read MoreMy website (www.ibmaths.com) is now fully updated ready for the new courses that start August 2019, for first examination in 2021. I am phasing out paid memberships, so all new courses are free. I am including many resources,...
Read MoreRetrieval practice for me goes hand-in-hand with spacing or spaced practice. In the 2018-2019 academic year I tried various retrieval ideas, but settled on setting spaced/retrieval homework, and completing starter low quiz tests...
Read MoreSpaced practice was one of the aspects of my teaching that I worked on for 2018-2019 academic year. The idea is simple and I worked on implementing two very easy strategies: spacing tests, spacing homework. I also put in regular...
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