by Jonathan ADAMS | Sep 10, 2015 | Grade 11, Secondary Maths, The Grades
This year, ABIS is pleased to be able to offer two Maths courses in grade 11. Comparing student attitudes from last year to this year, it is clear that offering these two courses is allowing our students to find an approach to Maths that is more personal and...
by Jonathan ADAMS | Sep 2, 2015 | Secondary Maths, The Grades
If your child is anxious about math, what can you do to help? Is there anything you are doing that makes it worse? Jan Hoffman, in the New York Times, presents findings which suggests that parents (yes, I am a parent, too) can do great harm to a student’s...
by Jonathan ADAMS | Mar 20, 2012 | Grade 8, Secondary Maths, The Grades, Uncategorized
We have been having a good mathematical time exploring algebraic patterns in supermarket shelving and the famous knights of the round table problem. King Arthur wants to marry his daughter off and invites every knight to sit around his table. Then he kills every...
by Jonathan ADAMS | Jan 17, 2012 | Grade 9, Secondary Maths, The Grades
Today we took trigonometry outside. We measured the height of the flagpole of the school using a home-made clinometer, a metre ruler, and our trigonometrical knowledge. When we measured it and did the calculations, we got 11m. Clarissa and James estimated the height...
by Jonathan ADAMS | Jan 14, 2012 | Grade 9, Secondary Maths, The Grades
In Grade 9 mathematics, we have been exploring right-angled trigonometry. Now that the students have conceptual understanding and have learnt how to solve simple problems, we will be going outside to measure the heights of trees and work on problems involving bearings...
