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Deep
Progress in Mathematics
Anne
Watson, University of Oxford
Ways of helping all students to achieve in mathematics; barriers,
beliefs, possibilities and pitfalls. An exploration, based
on research and experience, of how teaching and teachers
make significant differences to students’ life-chances.
 Anne
Watson's Paper
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Challenges
for Mathematically Able Pupils in the Middle
Years (8 –14)
John
Threlfall, University of Leeds
In this session John Threlfall showed some paper and computer
mathematics materials from the recently published resources ‘mathsinsight’ and ‘mathsinsight2’ (see:
www.worldclassarena.org),
considered pupils’ responses
to such challenging questions, and discussed teaching strategies
to support the development of mathematical thinking in mathematically
able pupils.
John
Threlfall's Paper
 World
Class Arena
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Should
we bin our Dienes' Material? (Prim)
Allan
Duncan, University of Aberdeen
Allan considered the classroom implications of mental maths
strategies and the empty number line, traditional algorithms,
place value and endeavoured to stimulate a debate on whether
or not all of the above are still essential. In particular,
he questioned the use of Dienes’ materials as a teaching
aid for traditional algorithms such as subtraction and indeed
the emphasis presently given to place value itself.
 Allan
Duncan's PowerPoint Presentation
Allan
Duncan's Paper (pdf)
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Pupils
Working as Mathematicians (P/S)
John
Hibbs, Ofsted / Open
University
Encouraging pupils to work like mathematicians and discuss
their work.'The three point lesson'.
John
Hibbs's Paper
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Teaching
People to Reason Mathematically: The structure
of attention (P/S)
John
Mason, Open University
Teaching
people
to reason
mathematically
(including
proving)
has always
been
a difficult
challenge.
In this
session
John
invited
participants
to work
on some
mathematical
tasks
which
reveal
that
some
of the
difficulties
may lie
in what
learners
are attending
to, and
how they
are attending
to it.
The same
applies
to learning
concepts
and techniques:
learners
and teacher
may not
always
be attending
to the
same
thing
or in
the same
way.
John
Mason's
Paper
Notes
on Structure
of Attention
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The
Magic Mathworks Travelling Circus (P/S)
Paul
Stephenson, Magic Mathworks
The
landscape of elementary
mathematics explored through
sight, sound, touch and
movement.
Paul
Stephenson's
Paper
www.magicmathworks.org.uk
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Counting
Squares: Starting points for mathematical problem-solving (Prim)
Keith
Windsor, Mathematics Consultant
Squares
and square grids occur
throughout number, shape
and measures work in primary
mathematics. They provide
a structure for challenging
problem-solving activities,
which were explored
in this session.
Keith
Windsor's
Paper
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