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Laurie Rogers · maths · Nick Diaz

Nick Diaz on bigotry and mathematical ability

September 29, 2010 John

This is a bit off the usual track but I happened to notice that Nick Diaz has written a guest column on Laurie Rogers’ blog ‘Betrayed: Why public education is failing’.In the piece, Diaz takes on the stereotyping of ‘Asian’ students (by which people in the USA mean students whose parents are of Chinese, Korean,… Continue reading Nick Diaz on bigotry and mathematical ability

Ichthus · maths · Schofield and Sims

What to do about maths

July 11, 2009 John

On trainings I run for practitioners teaching literacy I am increasingly being asked about maths teaching. I recommend two materials’ sites. The first, for young children, is the Schofield and Sims website and their Mental Maths series. My youngest daughter benefited hugely from doing three or four of these exercises every week throughout the primary… Continue reading What to do about maths

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