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One Way To Improve Maths Sats Results – Better Teaching

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Jeremy

In 2009 Barton Hill Primary Bristol invited Richard Dunne to help improve maths teaching for year 6. Dispatches Kids Don’t Count recorded the results. Kids Don’t Count was aired in 2 parts in February 2010.  Here is part 2. The … Continue reading →

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Learning Times Tables – How Folding A Tape Measure Can Help

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Jeremy

There are many ways you can help your children learn times tables, folding a tape measure is one of them. In this post (and associated video) I use 3 × 5 = 15 as an example. Tape Measure Folded In … Continue reading →

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Learn 3 And 4 Times Tables Easily Using Your Fingers

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Jeremy

Here’s a really simple way to help your children or grandchildren learn the 3 and 4 times tables using their fingers. The video explains it all but for those who don’t like videos. We count moving through numbers one at … Continue reading →

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Higher Maths Anxiety – Is It Any Different From Fear And Anxiety

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Jeremy

The Daily Mail today has a story about how maths CAN really make your head hurt, which reports on the rather more sober article in “Plos One” by Sian Beilock and Ian Lyons from University of Chicago. It seems to … Continue reading →

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Learning Times Tables – Rote Learning Understanding Or Do You Need Both

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Jeremy

Recently in UK Nick Herbet, the schools minister, said pupils should learn their tables by rote at primary school. A few days later it was reported teaching children maths by making them learn times tables by rote could worsen exam … Continue reading →

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Summer Holidays Games and Maths

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Jeremy

School summer holidays are a great time for children to play free from the routine of having to go to school every weekday. Some children drop back during the long break, whilst others do not.  A gap begins to open … Continue reading →

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Learning Times Tables

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Jeremy

We learn tables at school because we have to, it’s part of the curriculum. Our success or lack of it may affect our esteem and how we are judged by teachers and others.  Ultimately it may affect our lives by … Continue reading →

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