I’ve only briefly skimmed through but some of these new mastery resources for L1 & L2 Functional Maths (and GCSE resits) look amazing! Includes full 33 hour (22 x 1.5 hr lessons) schemes of work, lesson plans, handouts and slides.
Evaluation of the Freda’s Tea Stall discussion / group work task as used in my own teaching of GCSE Foundation. May give an idea on how the resource can be used.
Editor’s note
You can find Keith’s Freda’s Tea Stall resource on skillsworkshop here
New site from a UK maths teacher who wants to share the many resources he has created to aid conceptual teaching. Files are for interactive whiteboards (Smart Notebook and ActivInspire Flipchart format) and the majority come with a Word document lesson plan (these are great!), a PPT, and a worksheet.
There is also a section on proof and some Tarsia PDF resources.
A blog-style collection of teacher-submitted errors that learners make. Readers can then comment on where and why the learner went wrong and how this can be rectified in teaching.
Some examples might be good to use in class as starters or for discussion.
It is organised according US maths curriculum criteria but is easy to find maths topics either by age/grade or by subject (geometry, fractions, place value, etc.). Covers Entry 1 to Level 3.
A well established journal from the Centre for Research in Learning and Change, University of Technology, Sydney. It is subtitled ‘An International Journal in the education and training of adults’ and is available freely. You just need to register.
The latest version is Vol 19, No 1 (2011) but issues dating back to 2006 can be downloaded. The many fascinating papers can usefully be browsed by title, journal or author.
VALBEC is a major Canadian body for networking, professional development, sharing information and promoting good practice in adult literacy (and numeracy – see below).
You can enrol and receive an informative free monthly newsletter. Back issues (dating back to 2004) are available but are not searchable which means you must open up each issue and skim through to find interesting things.
This is one of many useful online Harvard references that I used in the Level 5 Maths ADTLLS, Meeting a learner’s needs / case study assignment (Part of Module 1: Approaches to Mathematics learning and teaching).
Evans, J. (2000), The Transfer of Mathematics Learning from School to Work not Straightforward but not Impossible Either. In: Besot, A. and Ridgeway, J., (eds.) Education for Mathematics in the Workplace. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp.5-15.
