Category Archives: Teaching resources
xkcd.com rules
This comic from xkcd.com is the first reference I’ve found explaining Emmy Noether’s achievements in terms accessible to secondary students. I first came across her in The Mathematical Brain (Butterworth) – she didn’t even get explicitly mentioned in my undergraduate … Continue reading
The stats of modern life (poem by Wislawa Szymborska)
A WORD ON STATISTICS by Wislawa Szymborska copied from here. Out of every hundred people, those who always know better: fifty-two. Unsure of every step: almost all the rest. Ready to help, if it doesn’t take long: forty-nine. Always good, … Continue reading
Bad Science links for teaching resources
Illusions of control (stats). Voices of the ancients (triangles). Summary of 2010.
Potential maths teaching resources
Maths in the movies link. Math fail links Batman and Robin puzzle List of hot entries on Math Fail. Logic quiz – 3 questions. Self-referential aptitude test
Paper on Mathematical folk humour
Includes excellent links too.
GCSE students use of mymaths.co.uk for homework
GCSE students’ use of Mymaths for Homework My Masters dissertation attached – got a distinctions . Abstract: Home use of ICT by secondary students for educational purposes is becoming increasingly widespread with growing opinion that this can positively impact educational outcomes. … Continue reading
Spikedmath funny for the students
Confusion.
Bletchley Park – great teaching resources
An interesting 15-min talk to Oxford Alumni and the website with excellent history and maths resources such as codes and ciphers (KS3 – A Level).
