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Oral maths, mental maths, paper maths

Oral maths, mental maths, paper maths. Aims. To examine your own attitude towards maths To consider what is meant by mental mathematics To explore ways of teaching mental mathematics, including developing own experience. Your own attitude towards maths. Marmite - how do you feel?

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Oral maths, mental maths, paper maths

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  1. Oral maths, mental maths, paper maths

  2. Aims To examine your own attitude towards maths To consider what is meant by mental mathematics To explore ways of teaching mental mathematics, including developing own experience

  3. Your own attitude towards maths Marmite - how do you feel? Maths – how do you feel? What factors are involved in your attitude towards maths Where can you go for what you need next?

  4. What is oral maths? What is mental maths? Are they mutually exclusive? Where does paper maths come in?

  5. What is mental maths? • calculating without pencil and paper or concrete resources • recalling number facts in the four operations

  6. Mental maths strategies In a maths test Phoebe scored 87 out of 150. What was her percentage score? How did you work it out? How many steps? What mathematical operations were involved? What understanding of mathematical relationships does your strategy show?

  7. Mental maths Expectations: Become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics, including through varied and frequent practice with increasingly complex problems over time, so that pupils have conceptual understanding and are able to recall and apply their knowledge rapidly and accurately to problems.

  8. Ways of teaching mental mathematics

  9. Ways of teaching mental mathematics • Provide range of opportunities to embed recall • Relates to pupils learning styles: • visual • auditory • kinaesthetic • Try different approaches and see who responds to which

  10. Ways of teaching mental mathematics • All these approaches can be adapted to different levels of fact recall for all ages • See: • Hear: • Do:

  11. Ways of teaching mental mathematics • Provide opportunities to use recall of facts but be clear with pupils that they are being asked to maintain mental maths skills: • Drill and skill • Closed questions • Quick fire • Problem solving • Open ended, exploratory

  12. Developing your own experience Have confident mental recall at least for the year group you teach. Consider this in relation to your own feelings about maths. Identify 3 needs and actions to address them.

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