The Math Guy

A Math(s) teacher from Yorkshire, now working in Ontario and always learning about how students best learn Math(s).

Friday, November 29, 2013

First Steps in Developing Number Sense

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One of my clearest memories of doing maths when I was 6 or 7 was in Mrs. White's class at St. Thomas More R.C. School. We used Cuisenair...
Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Problems With Place Value

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Place value is so much more than Base 10 blocks. This is a common theme has emerged in a number of recent Collaborative Inquiry sessions wh...
Monday, October 21, 2013

A Mobius Twist

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"Why did the chicken cross the Mobius strip? To get to the other..., hey, wait a minute..." I came across this twist on the Mobiu...
Thursday, October 10, 2013

How are you feeling? Average? Or just mean?

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If I ask someone how they are feeling and they reply "Oh, average" it is sometimes very difficult for me not to say "Oh, and ...
Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Math in the Media

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Here in Ontario there has been a recent spate of articles in the media regarding the province's standardised test scores in Math (the EQ...
Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Why We Need Puzzles in Maths

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Now that September has come again, I realise that I have spent a fair amount of my summer 'off' doing maths. In July I finished off ...
Thursday, June 13, 2013

Fraction Flags

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When I was 10 years old I did a project on flags. It was one of my many happy school experiences and ever since then I've always loved f...
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