Blog posts
Teachers' posts about Inquiry Maths
Inquiry Maths posts
Inquiry Maths in the classroom
Part 1: Slowing down
Part 2: Modelling and orchestrating
Debates in mathematics education
Compares Naveen Rizvi's use of a prompt in Direct Instruction to inquiry.
Responds to Craig Barton's criticisms of Inquiry Maths in his first book.
Discusses Chris's blog post We Don’t Know How To Teach Math.
Reviews Andrew Day's book Numberverse.
Part 1 analyses the first appearance of mastery in the UK.
Part 2 reviews the NCETM's backing for mastery.
The final part replies to the NCETM's comments on part 2.
Review of the Inquiry and Mastery series: “This is a significant, must-read piece of writing which offers key ideas relating learning with problem solving.” Mike Ollerton (author of Learning and Teaching Mathematics Without a Textbook)
Compares the Shanghai model, promoted by the UK government since 2012, to inquiry learning.
Reviews a lesson taught in the UK by a teacher from Shanghai.
Discusses how the debate in 2013 between the UK education minister and Ken Robinson missed the point.