by Sarah Kathleen LARSEN | Oct 9, 2019 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary Maths
Grade 7s have started a new Math unit involving probability. They have been working on activities in various groups to learn some of the concepts. Students are building vocabulary words like events, outcomes, sample space, tree diagrams and lists. Students are also...
by Matthew TAYLOR | Oct 3, 2019 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 9, Secondary Maths, The Grades
This week grade 9 were working through challenging questions on fractional exponents. They were encouraged to work collaboratively (Approaches to learning: help others to succeed) and that they should delay seeking support, see clip from Professor J. Bowler at...
by Matthew TAYLOR | Oct 3, 2019 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary Maths
This week Grade 8 mathematicians have been developing their approaches to revision. They began this process by making mind-maps of what they had learnt. They were encouraged to include pictures, calculations & anything they associate with each topic. After this...
by Matthew TAYLOR | Sep 26, 2019 | Grade 11, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Secondary Maths
This week grade 11 mathematicians were creating worked solutions for various problems that applied their understanding of geometric series. They made these in the form of a poster. They then gave comments about strengths and areas to improve in each other’s...
by Matthew TAYLOR | Sep 18, 2019 | Grade 10, IGCSE, Secondary Maths
Recently Grade 10 mathematicians were collaboratively creating worked solutions for IGCSE style questions that required them to apply their understanding of similarity. This help to reinforce the approach that learning can be collaborative and when done this way it...
by Matthew TAYLOR | Sep 18, 2019 | Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary Maths
Recently grade 8 mathematicians have been collaboratively investigating the laws of indices. They then made posters to communicate their findings. These posters will be assessed by the group in terms of their Criteria C: communication. This will help them to further...
