Category: Maths

Mathematics And Muscles: 2 Crazy Kiwis On The Barbarian Rhetoric Podcast

Oct 4, 2020

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Graeme Smith

in Education, Damon, Math, Mathematics, Maths, Muscle, savage, Whitten

Mathematics and Muscles: Damon Whitten and @smith_graeme with @steeljanz on the Barbarian Rhetoric Podcast. Shooting the breeze on teaching, learning and how to get strong, fast.
Can You Teach An Old Dog New Tricks (In Education)?

Mar 23, 2016

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Graeme Smith

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I just love this video… so had to share. But it’s particularly relevant if we think about education. Negatively held beliefs about literacy, numeracy, and anything to do with education are very difficult to shift. Much easier if you can get to people before their beliefs become entrenched and fossilised. Much easier if you can…
Did School Make You Dumber At Maths…?

Mar 22, 2016

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Graeme Smith

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What if I told you… that school not only did a rubbish job of teaching you maths… but actually made you dumber. Here’s another gem from Damon’s Math Blog and Youtube channel. Key take away for me: Numeracy needs to be embedded into tasks. Not sure what that means? Watch the video and head along…
How Do I develop Maths Thinking At Home Or In My Class?

Feb 29, 2016

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Graeme Smith

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Recently my friend Damon Whitten has been posting some very cool ideas for encouraging kids to develop mathematical thinking at home. I think the same ideas and processes apply to adults and these can work in classroom situations as well. I reposted his video here on my blog but you might want to head over to…
How Do I Help My Kids Develop Maths Skills At Home

Feb 4, 2016

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Graeme Smith

in Develop, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Home, Kids, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, Low numeracy levels, Math, Maths, Maths Anxiety, Numeracy, Numeracy activity, Personal development, Professional Development, school, Self development, Sschools, Uncategorized

If you have kids and you want to help them with maths you need to watch this short video. Actually, if you know someone who has kids you probably need to watch this. It’s 11 minutes long. You might have to watch it a couple of times. And you might need to share this with…
Should We Teach Maths In School? Miss USA 2011

Sep 1, 2015

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Graeme Smith

in Math, Maths, Numeracy, Should we teach
Sign up to Pathways Awarua now…!

Jul 10, 2015

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Graeme Smith

in ALEC, Assessment, Graeme Smith, How do I improve, Literacy, Maths, Numeracy, Pathways, Pathways Awarua, Reading

One of the best kept secrets in tertiary training in New Zealand is Pathways Awarua. It’s not really a secret, but up until recently, this has only been available to tutors and trainers. From now, however, this great suite of teaching and learning tools is available to everyone. Well, to Kiwis anyway. Check out the cool…
More Maths and Numeracy Jigsaw Puzzles – Multiplication and Division

Jan 27, 2015

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Graeme Smith

in Activities, Development, embedded, Graeme Smith, Jigsaw, Learning, Materials, Maths, Numeracy, puzzles, Resources, teaching

I’ve posted our ALEC subtraction jigsaw puzzles here if you want to download and print, or if you want to tinker with them yourself you can also download the original word doc files as well. Here’s the rest of them below… they’re all based around the standard 10 x 10 multiplication and division tables. You…
How do you improve maths and numeracy learning? Ask these four questions

Nov 17, 2014

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Graeme Smith

in Ask, Education, How do you, Improve, Improve learning, Learning, Maths, Numeracy, Questions

Ace maths and numeracy blogger Damon Whitten has written a couple of great posts here and here recently on how things you can do to improve maths learning for kids. I think his suggestions apply to adults as well. It’s super simple and boils down to this – ask the following four questions: “What did…
How to win $15 million dollars for developing a literacy and numeracy training solution: Global Learning XPRIZE

Nov 17, 2014

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Graeme Smith

in Autonomous learning, Children, Developing countries, Education, Future, Global, How to win, Literacy, Market Failure, Maths, Numeracy, Read, Solution, Sschools, Tablet based, Teachers, Write, XPRIZE

If you could develop a scalable, tablet based, individualised learning solution for teaching basic literacy and numeracy to kids in developing countries, you could win $15 million dollars. It’s a competition and it’s happening right now. You can read about it here on the xPrize website, and I’ve pasted in the details below as well.…