Andrew Blair, PhD

A worksheet on binomial expansion designed using Pointon and Sangwin taxonomy

Suma 100 ⚙️ 👉🏼Col•loca 4 dígits a la graella i suma els nombres que has format a files i columnes. Pots obtenir una suma total igual a 100? 🔗 Idea de Don Steward a donsteward.blogspot.com/2011/02/two-di… 🔝 Proposta del @creamat1 a sites.google.com/xtec.cat/cesir…

NEW on the #inquirymaths site for October: * Implicit differentiation inquiry - devised by Zelimir Jovicic * Latest peer-reviewed research suggesting inquiry enhances conceptual understanding and fosters deeper engagement. inquirymaths.org #inquirymath #mathsinquiry

Middle school/PREALGEBRA students were instructed to compute (a) 0.2^2 + 0.4^2 (b) 0.4^2 + 0.8^2 and discuss in their groups anything of interest that they notice. Where might you take this exploration? @howie_hua @HarMath @ybgoi @mATH_e_matics @MathCurmudgeon @DonFraser9

@MissHMaths8 @mathsjem @BrightMathsUK @mrbartonmaths This 2022 research review is excellent: education.vic.gov.au/Documents/scho… Research on the advantages of mixed attainment: mixedattainmentmaths.com/research--arti… Overall conclusion: "The opportunity to learn mathematics in mixed-ability classes leads to better cognitive and social outcomes" than setting.

I’m moving to a school next year that teaches mixed ability KS3 (Maths). I’ve never taught mixed ability before can anyone give any tips advice or point me in the direction of any literature that might be helpful? @mathsjem @BrightMathsUK @mrbartonmaths could you please retweet.

More evidence of the direct and positive relationship between inquiry-based pedagogy and maths performance: "Findings indicate that inquiry-based pedagogy positively correlates with student math attitude and performance." sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

"We need to teach students skills and how to practice but we also need to teach them how to be a mathematician if we want to fully prepare them for their futures." - Alfie Benson 📑Read about Alfie's experience in our blog! ow.ly/BA8o50W6Ox6 #InquiryMaths #ScholarsBlog

NEW on the #inquirymaths site: A year 7 class explores necessary and sufficient conditions during the sum and product of fractions inquiry. inquirymaths.org/home/number-pr… #inquirymath #mathsinquiry #mathinquiry #MTBoS

Direct instruction isn’t the only game in town. If all you do is tell, explain, model, and practice, don’t be surprised when curiosity packs up and leaves. There are other ways to learn.

NEW on the #inquirymaths site for June: * Combined ratios inquiry * Question-led inquiry in a year 8 mixed attainment class * Large-scale research: "a direct, positive, and significant" link between inquiry and learning maths. inquirymaths.org #inquirymath #mathsinquiry

"Pupils in Year 7 explored the sequence prompt from 'Inquiry Maths'. Kyle used his knowledge of substitution to link this topic to his previous learning. Miss King was impressed by Year 7's inquisitive approach." ~ Ms King. @inquirymaths #StJames #Veritas #Barnet

NEW on the #inquirymaths site for February: * Derek Christensen's proof inquiry * Monika Klimczak-Gromska's proof from an Inquiry Maths workshop * Polar curves inquiry for A-level Further Maths inquirymaths.org #inquirymath #mathsinquiry #mathinquiry #mtbos #mathschat

G3 learners collected & represented data for their #HTWW unit of inquiry, skillfully interpreting it & using See Think Wonder to generate high level questions. #Conceptbasedmath #Conceptbasedlearning #Inquiry #joboaler #mathish #Inquirymath #numbersense #Math #Number #IB #PYP

NEW on the #inquirymaths site for December: * Continued fractions inquiry. Thanks to Zack Miodownik and his year 9 students. inquirymaths.org #inquirymath #mathsinquiry #mathinquiry #mtbos #mathschat

NEW on the #inquirymaths site for November: * Creativity through inquiry - thanks to @diannsking and her year 7 class * Blog post on when and when not to tell * Structured inquiry from @HelenHindle1 inquirymaths.org #inquirymath #mathsinquiry #mathinquiry #mtbos

💫 "A great inquiry lesson with Year 7 investigating the product of factors. Gabriel spotted the link between pairs of factors and powers. I was incredibly impressed with the curiosity shown by 7X3." ~ Miss King @inquirymaths #StJames #Veritas #Barnet

Lovely to see that my recently published paper on #taskdesign for inclusion is featured as this month’s paper in the popular inquiry maths website (inquirymaths.com) by @inquirymaths. Thanks Andrew Blair for the mention 😍

The recent ResearchEd conference included a post about "interuptions" in the classroom. As I have a suspicion that ResearchEd isn't particulary research-led I was prompted to write an article titled "How ResearchEd gets it wrong". You can read it here: teaching-maths.com/how-resed-gets…

NEW on the #inquirymaths site for September: * Resource for the substitution inquiry * Fractional indices inquiry prompt * Testing conjectures about combined transformations inquirymaths.org #inquirymath #mathsinquiry #mathinquiry #inquirylearning #inquiryed #mtbos