Transcript Engaging Mathematics For All Learners

eNRICHing Mathematics
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NRICH aim to encourage
rich mathematical thinking
in all classrooms for all learners
By:
• creating rich mathematical tasks for our free website
• running workshops for learners
• providing CPD for teaching with rich mathematics tasks
• contributing to research and policy-making
We are funded through grants and charitable donations.
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What’s it Worth?
Each symbol has a
numerical value.
The total for the
symbols is written at
the end of each row
and column.
Can you find the
missing total that
should go where the
question mark has
been put?
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What’s it Worth?
Take each of the starting points on your
sheet and develop it into a solution.
Which is your favourite method?
Why?
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Introducing Collections
Themed collections
Linked resources
Teacher/Student audiences
Curriculum content
Mathematical processes
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Factors and Multiples Game
What Numbers Can We Make?
What Numbers Can We Make Now?
Take Three from Five
Charlie’s Delightful Machine
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Where would you use these?
Why would you use these?
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Curriculum areas:
Factors & Multiples
Division & Remainders
Number Sequences
Pedagogical issues:
Encourages students to be playful with numbers
and engage with underlying structures
Can promote better understanding and supports
students’ number work in an engaging context
Can lead to algebraic thinking
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Working like a mathematician
Mathematics is a creative discipline,
not a spectator sport
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Exploring
Proof
Noticing
CounterExamples
Explaining
and justifying
Conjecturing
Generalising
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Rich tasks can replace routine textbook tasks,
they are not just an add-on for students who
finish first.
…see the selected problems on the
Curriculum Mapping Document
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Keeping in touch
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