I don’t post on here very much now, but wanted to share this from the latest @ATMMathematics journal - I don’t know that I could agree much more with this conclusion, and I love the phrase ‘teach patiently’.
I've just rewatched this for the first time in a couple of years - so much going on and a whole lot to unpack from a couple of seemingly simple (?) prompts vimeo.com/showcase/7155035/v…
This affected me as a very young kid - a nice video explaining eye cancer from @ChectUK
youtu.be/SFjxjIWDbqs
I think the way that the article starts is recognising that IDWDYD is ubiquitous but I recognise the end of the first section where it says it “can have a placebo effect of creating the appearance of calm, purposeful, goal-directed lessons.”
Is this paragraph, from later, useful?
“Conceptualisation does not follow automatically from performing procedures several times, even if they are all done correctly.”
From the latest @ATMMathematics journal
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For me it’s very much a way to think with others and to develop a narrative together so is scrappy! Here’s a couple I’ve been a part of…
I just shared this task (from the ATM publication Rich Task Maths by Derek and Barbara Ball) on Bluesky and it’s so lovely I thought I’d share here too











