Category Archives: Handling Data

What makes a good school?

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 15/09/2013

What makes a good school – a question that is often asked, by parents, teachers, Ofsted, the government, pupils … anyone with an interest in education. (For the purposes of this post, I’m not using the Ofsted categorisations of schools: Outstanding, Good etc. I am using the term “good school” in a fairly generic way. […]

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Measure, and measure …

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 28/02/2013
Shatter Proof Ruler

… and measure again. As discussed in the last post, we live in the “Information Age”. With so much data available to us, its easy to drown in an information overload and so, more than ever, we need to think about how we display that data. Below is a short video – less than three […]

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Birthdays are good for you …

By A Maths Teacher | Published: 16/02/2013
Birthdays are good for you ...

… a recent scientific study has shown that those that have the most birthdays tend to live the longest. (but those with fewer birthdays tend to be healthier and fitter) Of course it makes sense, but it also highlights the need to be careful, very careful, with statistical information. As a maths teacher, I am […]

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