by Sandy Phillips | May 8, 2014 | Assessment, Class Activities, Digital Learning, Mathematics, Pedagogy
Conrad Wolfram is presenting Mathematica, computer-based math and the new era of STEM and you are invited (or the maths teachers at you school) Conrad Wolfram, physicist, mathematician, businessman and technologist is Director of Strategic Development and European...
by Sandy Phillips | Apr 3, 2014 | Assessment, Mathematics
Schools often hear about how Australian schools are ranked internationally and contrary to popular belief they are not ranked on NAPLAN data. The OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) evaluates education systems worldwide by testing at...
by Sandy Phillips | Oct 28, 2013 | Digital Literacy, Literacy, Mathematics, Reading, Uncategorized
David Tout and Juliette Mendelovits examine why we receive such differing reports on the literacy and numeracy skills of young Australians. Australia participates in several large-scale assessment programs that provide information about the knowledge and skills of the...
by heatherblakey | Nov 27, 2009 | Mathematics
If you are a Maths Teacher looking for ideas to use with your classes, or if you are checking out to see how you could establish a funky Maths blog then go no further than Maths Pig.
by marynabadenhorst | Jul 10, 2009 | Mathematics, Uncategorized
One of the advantages of being a globalteacher columnist, is that you can occasionally vent pet peeves! So here is one of mine, blogged and ready for comments by other teachers: Suppose you wrote this sentence on the board: “The big black dog ran over the road...
