Last year I had the privilege of completing a series of workshops on DMIC Maths run by Bobbie Hunter at Weymouth School. One of the standouts for me was making the learning fun and authentic to the learners. The other must do was tapping into the learners cultural identity and wealth of knowledge using the big ideas in maths. Sessions were also run in mixed ability groups with 1/2 of the class at a time. I decided to test this theory and see if the learners responded to the change in the programme.
Learner involvement went from approximately half the class being actively involved to the entire class participating.
Learner attitude went from 46% of learners enjoying maths to 96% enjoying working with a partner and doing practical math problem solving.
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