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It’s all kicked off …

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 18/08/2014

Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient, and other ways to use football to teach maths A new season kicked off at the weekend and I’ve been thinking of ways to “use” the Premier League in my teaching. This year I shall be teaching Statistics 1 A & AS level module which (for my board, OCR) includes using […]

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2048 – Again!

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 08/08/2014

On returning from a lovely week in the sun, I logged on and checked my school emails and was delighted to receive the email below, accompanied by the picture shown above: Hi sir! I finally completed it after hours upon hours spent since you showed us that lesson! Hope youre having a good summer! L*** […]

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A maths teacher on holiday

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 21/07/2014

Happy holidays to teachers, pupils & parents alike. Related posts: A maths teacher on holiday Maths Teacher Shortage! What makes a good school? 7 Great Maths reources for teachers, pupils and parents

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Goodbye Mr Gove

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 15/07/2014

So it’s farewell to Mr. Gove as Education Minister. Whether you liked him or loathed him, he had to go.  Some of his ideas were good, some of his innovations positive but, similarly, many weren’t. However, his biggest failing was to alienate pretty much the whole teaching profession with his dogmatic, combative and, yes, bullying […]

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George Osborne – What a turnip

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 03/07/2014

George Osborne – The Chancellor -probably the second most powerful politician in the country. And a prize turnip, too. He was asked, by a seven year old boy: What’s seven times eight Our intrepid leader refused to answer, replying: I’ve made it a rule in life not to answer a whole load of maths questions […]

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