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Teaching and Learning

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Most ‘good’ teachers: ‘explain’ very well modulate their voice speak slowly repeat themselves show demonstrations do theatrics They are so engrossed in ‘teaching’ that they forget to see if children…

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Think

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What is the most powerful two-word sentence that a teacher can use? ‘Think again’ Yeah, that’s it. Just these two simple words. Using the words ‘Think Again‘ can transform children…

Numbers in Love

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About 500 BCE the Greeks regarded some numbers as more important than others. In particular, they knew of two numbers with a remarkable property. The two numbers are 220 and 284. Before…

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Multiplication is NOT repeated Addition

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I wish Maths teachers would stop telling students that “multiplication is repeated addition“. Multiplication of natural numbers certainly gives the same result as repeated addition, but that does not make it the…

Why does Ice Float in Water?

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Since it’s known that solid objects are denser and have more weight than liquids – and ice is a solid – one would automatically think that ice would sink in…

Does the Sun Rise in the East?

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Since our childhood we are told that the sun rises the East and sets in the West. Such a trivial celestial phenomena this is that many students actually never question…

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Family Maths

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In their homes and other early education and care settings, children make initial explorations into everyday mathematics, progressively developing and refining knowledge and skills as well as acquiring expectations, motivations,…