Key ideas in teaching mathematics

Young male teacher giving a lesson to his students. There are maths equations on the chalk board behind him and students have their hands up to answer his question.

Research-based guidance and classroom activities for teachers of mathematics.

These online resources accompany the book Key ideas in teaching mathematics. They are organised around seven key mathematical ‘ideas’, with links to relevant online activities and resources for teachers to use with their students. The resources have been selected by the authors of the book, Anne Watson, Keith Jones and Dave Pratt.

 

Reasoning about data


Data 1 – How Faithful is Old Faithful? resource is no longer available.
Data 2 – Who Has the Heaviest Backpacks? resource is no longer available.
Data 3 – Fish Length Distributions resource is no longer available.
Data 4 – Crime Scene Evidence resource is no longer available.
Data 5 – Using Random Samples of Real Data resource is no longer available.
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Data 7 – Data With No Name resource is no longer available.
Data 8 – Active Graphing resource is no longer available.

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