James
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James
@JamesMaths1
A level Maths, Further Maths and Core Maths Teacher. Language learner. Also here for Eurovision gossip, Pokémon memes and cute doggies.
United Kingdom Katılım Ocak 2010
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POV: when you’re the only one left in your school this afternoon waiting to sit A level Further Maths option Decision Maths 2 and all your mates are texting from Ibiza
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@last_centurion Congratulations on your new job role (and making the scary leap into something new).
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Now that I have told my tutor group, I'm leaving teaching at the end of the academic year after 13 years of teaching and 16 working in education. From Sept, I'll be working in a finance/payroll/reporting role, using the (core) maths and IT I've taught over the years.
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@runningstitch @DrBennison @Whitehughes @GillLeahy1 So like this. Always bottom left to top right first for product and quotient. By parts I might use u and v but same table same layout
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Quick poll please A level teachers: when you teach product rule for differentiation do you generally introduce it using dy/dx= u(dv/dx)+v(du/dx) or f’(x)=f(x)g’(x)+g(x)f’(x) notation? What is your “default” version? Thanks @Sheena2907 @DrBennison @Whitehughes @GillLeahy1 thanks
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@ALMathsRevision Will be sharing with my students tomorrow! Thank you
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Predicted topics for A Level Maths Core Pure Paper 2:
OCR A (Available)
Edexcel (Coming Soon - Will happen faster if I can get access to a paper (hint hint)
#furthermathsrevision #alevelmaths
alevelmathsrevision.com/further-maths-…
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@adamboxer1 AS/A2 modular approach for A levels.
A suitable recognised and funded alternative to GCSE resit for those forced to keep doing maths/English 16-18.
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Ok, teachers: if there was one thing you'd want in Labour's education manifesto, what would it be?
Read the replies once they come in and hit like to support your faves 👇👇
ALL FOR NEXT WEEK ON TBFM
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@Whitehughes @Sjohnsonmaths @mathsjem @missradders @mrsouthernmaths Sometimes they get lost in all the definitions “it’s too much stuff to remember!” But I like it.
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Making the switch from further mechanics 1 to decision 1 next year for edexcel further maths. Anyone have a SOW I can have a look it for ideas for sequencing of lessons? RT’s much appreciated @mathsjem @missradders @mrsouthernmaths @CantabKitty
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Coming soon - teaching slides on eigenvectors! Most teaching materials tend to neglect using eigenvectors to better understand transformations and how coordinate spaces are transformed, beyond just invariant lines; diagonalisation becomes more intuitive when we appreciate as such
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@mathsmuse I love this idea. I used to use them in n all lessons but sadly don’t as much now. Think I could do with training on an efficient, tidy and chaos-free way of handing out and collecting in myself 😅
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Reflecting:
3 yrs ago I started working with my dept to get MWBs used in most lessons. Over the time it's gone from ~30% to now a standard thing.
Things I did that supported this: (1/n)
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@AndyPMaths @JohnRubinstein1 @EmmaCookeBooks @ECR_Maths Another of my bugbears with AQA. Lack of space does not allow students to explore an alternative if their initial approach was heading the the wrong direction.
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@JohnRubinstein1 @EmmaCookeBooks @ECR_Maths I know, it's bizarre why AQA force students to write answers in such a small space. I feel like I do a lot of manipulation in my head and I still often run out of space.
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Version 2 ‘advice for A level maths exams’. Thanks for all the feedback and suggestions.
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@suffolkmaths @mrsouthernmaths @Whitehughes @Ridermeister At my old place I did this easily with Edexcel D1 & D2. Currently place we do AQA with discrete and mech options. There’s always a bit of pre-teaching for the mechanics.
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@nathanday314 At my current school = NJD, but at the sixth form college before = NAD.
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Edexcel A-Level Maths teachers. I know y = |f(x)| is on the spec for modulus functions. I can’t see y = f(|x|) specifically mentioned. Do you teach it?
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@catrionateaches @mrsouthernmaths Starting normal next week so I may steal this fantastic resource!
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Lots of people were asking for a copy of this, so I'm very grateful to @mrsouthernmaths for uploading it on his website: mrsouthernmaths.wordpress.com/a-level-maths-…. If you end up using it, please do let me know how it goes (and tell me if you spot anything that could be improved).
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Further update thanks to some feedback from @mrsouthernmaths - adding a probability of 0.7888 to the bottom row of Q2 to make it easier to compare to Q7, and also fixing the X/M issue in Q6.
If anyone else has used this and has some feedback I'd love to hear it.
Catriona@catrionateaches
Have also changed the order of the questions in the bottom half of this sheet because it felt as though the jump in reasoning required to get G was much more than what you need to do to get to R, which has the same sd as Y which is now above it.
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@AndyPMaths @mrsouthernmaths It seems clearer with AQA - they use sample and population variance and SD so used to seeing differences - it’s less obvious/natural with Edexcel
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@JamesMaths1 @mrsouthernmaths How do you explain why we use the sample mean when hypothesis testing? I've always found students struggle to grasp this idea.
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A level Maths teachers.
Which type of hypothesis test do you teach first?
(Choices given in alphabetical order to avoid any bias!)
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@ALMathsRevision I’m not sure what other method to try… This is always my go-to
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I'm hoping to get a bit of discussion going now as to how you all as teachers would teach your students how to tackle these. I've seen a vast array of methods, all with their own advantages and disadvantages. I'll start:
I'd multiply by 1 in a "clever way" i.e. by (x+3)/(x+3)
ALevelMathsRevision@ALMathsRevision
Questions for A Level Maths teachers. This sort of thing often crops up within bigger Qs 1. Do Qs like these cause problems for your students? 2. How do you advise your students to tackle these? 3. Would a sheet of these be useful?
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