Maree Pittaway
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Maree Pittaway
@MareePittaway
Passionate Educator with a love for Numeracy and Inquiry. I enjoy working with teachers and students and believe we are all in the learning pit.

Whether you work in primary, secondary or post-16, our podcast episode on maths anxiety is for you. Sue Johnston-Wilder discusses how maths triggers a panic response in the brain for many people, and how you can support pupils in your classroom. Listen at ncetm.org.uk/podcasts/maths…

@mingsupermingok I gave them this situation to start with

Failure is an incredible learning experience. It teaches you humility. It teaches you to work harder. It is the first step to understanding.



From whiteboard work to random groups, these simple fixes could get students thinking more in maths lessons #culturesofthinking #youdowedoyoudo #agilelearningspaces #mnlift theconversation.com/from-whiteboar…

The number of finger joints on each hand (excluding the thumb) makes it possible to count to 12 by using the thumb. Egyptians and Babylonians were fond of counting in base twelve like this and this is why we have 24 hours in a day & 60 minutes in an hour ow.ly/H8jE30ndX0q



The circle is complete: I’m back at @Sydney_Uni, where I became a maths teacher, to build the next generation of maths teachers! “Professor of Practice” sounds fancy, but it mainly means that I’ll bring my currency as a @NSWEducation teacher & leader (which I remain) to the uni.

NEW! Intro to the Data Science Process - a free & interactive Excel based curriculum, students use data and a step-by-step data science process to simulate a Go/No-Go signal for a rocket launch 🚀 Blog techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/education-b… #STEM #MicrosoftEDU #MIEExpert #edtech



