Teacher; creator of Inquiry Maths, promoting student regulation of the learning process; PhD in maths education @KingsCollegeLon
London, UK
Joined December 2012
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Does mixed ability teaching harm pupil progress?
New research from the @IOE_London suggests that it does, particularly for higher attainers.
My blog highlights some of the key findings, flaws, and real issues contained in the research.
Read it here: educatingmrmattock.blogspot.…
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A worksheet on binomial expansion designed using Pointon and Sangwin taxonomy – at Wilford, England
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Suma 100 ⚙️
👉🏼Col•loca 4 dígits a la graella i suma els nombres que has format a files i columnes. Pots obtenir una suma total igual a 100?
🔗 Idea de Don Steward a donsteward.blogspot.com/2011…
🔝 Proposta del @creamat1 a sites.google.com/xtec.cat/ce…
NEW on the #inquirymaths site for October:
* Implicit differentiation inquiry - devised by Zelimir Jovicic
* Latest peer-reviewed research suggesting inquiry enhances conceptual understanding and fosters deeper engagement.
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#inquirymath #mathsinquiry
Andrew Blair, PhD retweeted
Middle school/PREALGEBRA students were instructed to compute
(a) 0.2^2 + 0.4^2
(b) 0.4^2 + 0.8^2
and discuss in their groups anything of interest that they notice. Where might you take this exploration?
@howie_hua @HarMath @ybgoi @mATH_e_matics @MathCurmudgeon @DonFraser9
More evidence of the direct and positive relationship between inquiry-based pedagogy and maths performance: "Findings indicate that inquiry-based pedagogy positively correlates with student math attitude and performance."
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
NEW on the #inquirymaths site:
A year 7 class explores necessary and sufficient conditions during the sum and product of fractions inquiry.
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#inquirymath #mathsinquiry #mathinquiry #MTBoS
Andrew Blair, PhD retweeted
Direct instruction isn’t the only game in town. If all you do is tell, explain, model, and practice, don’t be surprised when curiosity packs up and leaves. There are other ways to learn.
NEW on the #inquirymaths site for June:
* Combined ratios inquiry
* Question-led inquiry in a year 8 mixed attainment class
* Large-scale research: "a direct, positive, and significant" link between inquiry and learning maths.
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#inquirymath #mathsinquiry
Andrew Blair, PhD retweeted
"Pupils in Year 7 explored the sequence prompt from 'Inquiry Maths'. Kyle used his knowledge of substitution to link this topic to his previous learning. Miss King was impressed by Year 7's inquisitive approach." ~ Ms King.
@inquirymaths
#StJames #Veritas #Barnet
NEW on the #inquirymaths site for February:
* Derek Christensen's proof inquiry
* Monika Klimczak-Gromska's proof from an Inquiry Maths workshop
* Polar curves inquiry for A-level Further Maths
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#inquirymath #mathsinquiry #mathinquiry #mtbos #mathschat
Andrew Blair, PhD retweeted
G3 learners collected & represented data for their #HTWW unit of inquiry, skillfully interpreting it & using See Think Wonder to generate high level questions. #Conceptbasedmath #Conceptbasedlearning #Inquiry #joboaler #mathish #Inquirymath #numbersense #Math #Number #IB #PYP
NEW on the #inquirymaths site for December:
* Continued fractions inquiry. Thanks to Zack Miodownik and his year 9 students.
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#inquirymath #mathsinquiry #mathinquiry #mtbos #mathschat
NEW on the #inquirymaths site for November:
* Creativity through inquiry - thanks to @diannsking and her year 7 class
* Blog post on when and when not to tell
* Structured inquiry from @HelenHindle1
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#inquirymath #mathsinquiry #mathinquiry #mtbos
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💫 "A great inquiry lesson with Year 7 investigating the product of factors. Gabriel spotted the link between pairs of factors and powers. I was incredibly impressed with the curiosity shown by 7X3." ~ Miss King
@inquirymaths
#StJames #Veritas #Barnet
Andrew Blair, PhD retweeted
Lovely to see that my recently published paper on #taskdesign for inclusion is featured as this month’s paper in the popular inquiry maths website (inquirymaths.com) by @inquirymaths. Thanks Andrew Blair for the mention 😍
Andrew Blair, PhD retweeted
The recent ResearchEd conference included a post about "interuptions" in the classroom. As I have a suspicion that ResearchEd isn't particulary research-led I was prompted to write an article titled "How ResearchEd gets it wrong". You can read it here:
teaching-maths.com/how-resed…
NEW on the #inquirymaths site for September:
* Resource for the substitution inquiry
* Fractional indices inquiry prompt
* Testing conjectures about combined transformations
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#inquirymath #mathsinquiry #mathinquiry #inquirylearning #inquiryed #mtbos
Two great #inquiry websites for learning maths in primary/PYP:
* Inquiry Math Bridges from @HenaineSamia
sites.google.com/view/themat…
* The Mathematical Isles of What If…? from @islesofwhatif
islesofwhatif.com/
#inquirymaths #inquirymath #mathsinquiry #mathinquiry #inquiryed