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Non- Mathsy Things that May Make a Difference to Maths Attainment

Non- Mathsy Things that May Make a Difference to Maths Attainment. A Conversation: Geoff Barton (& not Julia Upton) October 2009. What teachers do What students do. What teachers do. Teacher talk: questions, thinking time, responding to answers Using exploratory talk

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Non- Mathsy Things that May Make a Difference to Maths Attainment

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  1. Non-Mathsy Things that May Make a Difference to Maths Attainment A Conversation: Geoff Barton (& not Julia Upton) October 2009

  2. What teachers do What students do

  3. What teachers do • Teacher talk: questions, thinking time, responding to answers • Using exploratory talk • Illuminating barriers to learning • Using fewer but better questions – inc multi-choice • Teaching memorisation: “How can I help you to remember this?

  4. Using Diagnostic Questions

  5. What teachers do • Teacher talk: questions, thinking time, responding to answers • Using exploratory talk • Illuminating barriers to learning • Using multi-choice diagnostic questions • Teaching memorisation: “How can I help you to remember this?

  6. 2. What students do • What do students say? • Use intervention pre-questions • Revision carousels based on student need • Some students learn better from ‘non-teachers’ • Demonstrate relevance to real life • Articulate the blockages • Create ‘girl security’

  7. 4 Key messages … Work with individuals and genuinely unpick their misconceptions Don’t just focus on the “C” grade skills – their misunderstandings are often at a more fundamentallevel: 80% of the questions on the exam are below C grade Get students confident to “have a go” – the number-phobic but aspirational Hardworking students often don’t put pen to paper for fear of it being wrong

  8. Non-Mathsy Things that May Make a Difference to Maths Attainment A Conversation: Geoff Barton October 2009

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