Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Unpacking Some EQAO Measurement Questions: Junior

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With the recent release of some of the questions used in this year's EQAO Math tests, I thought it might be useful to share some insight...
Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Unpacking Some EQAO Measurement Questions: Primary

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With the recent release of some of the questions used in this year's EQAO Math tests, I thought it might be useful to share some insight...
Thursday, April 4, 2019

More Than Adding Zeroes

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 A common misconception I often see is that when you multiply by 10, you just stick a zero on the end of the number, and that multiplying by...
Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Scaling Up

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One of the biggest hurdles to mathematical understanding is moving out of additive thinking into multiplicative thinking. There are many rea...
Thursday, February 7, 2019

Polygon Angle Sums: Develop, Don't Give.

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A common way to get students to see that the sum of three angles is 180° is to get them to tear the three angles and rearrange them to creat...
Monday, January 21, 2019

A Tale of Two Questions Part 2: Junior

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Continuing on from my last post , one of the things I like to do when analysing EQAO results is to look at how students responded to individ...
Wednesday, January 16, 2019

A Tale of Two Questions Part 1: Primary

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As part of our analysis of the EQAO data form our schools, I like to move way beyond a simple percentage figure that tells how many students...
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