Multiplication Inequalities

source: http://www.inquirymaths.com/home/number-prompts/21-x-534

Adding Fractions

Digging in to addition of fractions using this prompt from inquirymaths.com. After a whole class discussion framed around questions and comments students worked with partners to explore their chosen question. I like the students' use of manipulative to explain the calculations.

Show Me The Maths!

I discovered these quirky and playful short films by the mathemusician, Vi Hart, via 'Becoming the Math Teacher You Wish You Had'. I've tried to instill in my students the idea of 'playing with maths' and also encourage them to see and make sense of the mathematical beauty in the world around them. After watching the …

Provocation for area inquiry

What do you do when a prompt or provocation doesn't take the learning anywhere new? We are coming to the end of our current unit exploring 2D shape and space. There has been some powerful inquiry driven by the students through carefully chosen prompts and provocations. However, none of them have led us to digging deeper into the concept …

Rectangle Inquiry

Today I introduced a small group of my students to 'prompts'. We talked about the idea of them asking the questions. What do they want to know more about? What is interesting or confusing? My go-to site for prompts is Andrew Blair's inquirymaths.com. Here's how it went: pairs were given 10 mins with the prompt …

Using prompts to drive inquiry

"Inquiry Maths is a model of teaching that encourages students to regulate their own activity while exploring a mathematical statement (called a prompt). Inquiries can involve a class on diverse paths of exploration or in listening to a teacher's explanation. In Inquiry Maths, students take responsibility for directing the lesson with the teacher acting as the …