Tricky Topic Ticklist
Have your students sometimes struggled with simplifying surds?
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Upcoming professional development events in the North West region
Studying Core Maths helps students to develop their quantitative and problem-solving skills, and improves their confidence with the mathematical content of other level 3 courses that they may be taking.
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Over 150 students attend ‘Bits and Pieces’ evening online enrichment session
It was wonderful to see over 150 students from across the North West region attending our evening online enrichment event, Bits and Pieces, on Thursday 4 March 2021.
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Encouraging women into maths
Results for boys and girls in GCSE Mathematics are fairly even but, from that time onwards, the number of girls taking maths drops.
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Teacher Assessments: Summer 2021
In response to the release of the DfE document, How GCSE, AS and A level grades should be awarded in summer 2021, the first of a series of Teacher Network meetings was held in the Greater Manchester area.
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An online problem-solving booster
“Is it possible for online events to replicate face-to-face events when student interaction is the essence?” The answer to the above question is, it seems, “yes!” But first… some background.
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Tricky Topic Ticklist 2: professional development for NQT/RQTs teaching GCSE Mathematics
We’re running an event, Tricky Topic Ticklist 2, that will give more tips on delivering GCSE Mathematics content. This session is taking place on the day of publication of the North West March 2021 regional newsletter, but there are still places available and you can sign up on the day on the AMSP website.
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Inspiring students – puzzles and competitions
Much research has been done about the benefits of using puzzles with students.
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Codebreaking
On Wednesday 2 December 2020, an AMSP Codebreaking and Cryptography enrichment event took place via a Zoom webinar. Led by Dr Katie Chicot of the Open University and facilitated by Andrew Birch, students were challenged to test their problem-solving skills in order to crack a series of codes!
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