Sessions
In this section are a range of Mathematics sessions for you to use or adapt to suit your needs.
Challenging topics
The sessions here cover topics that teachers and learners from Construction and the built environment (CBE), Creative and media (CM), Engineering (Eng), Information technology (IT), and Society, health and development (SHD)identified as being either difficult to learn or difficult to teach. As indicated, several of the topics are relevant across more than one subject or vocational area and we encourage you to explore the approaches suggested with your colleagues and your learners.
CBE and CM
Calculating scales for scale drawings (PDF, 54.5KB)
Calculating scales for scale drawings (RTF, 13.1MB)
CBE, CM, Eng, IT and SHD
Choosing units to measure capacity, length, weight and temparature (PDF, 12.4KB)
Choosing units to measure capacity, length, weight and temparature (RTF, 3.88MB)
CBE, CM, Eng, IT and SHD
Collecting and interpreting data: Session 1 (PDF, 99.5KB)
Collecting and interpreting data: Session 1 (RTF, 3.93MB)
Collecting and interpreting data: Session 2 (PDF, 51.6KB)
Collecting and interpreting data: Session 2 (RTF, 3.87MB)
Collecting and interpreting data: Session 3 (RTF, 97.5KB)
Collecting and interpreting data: Session 3 (RTF, 8.08MB)
Collecting and interpreting data: Session 4 (PDF, 92.8KB)
Collecting and interpreting data: Session 4 (RTF, 17.2MB)
CBE
Converting between imperial and metric units (PDF, 165KB)
Converting between imperial and metric units (RTF, 6.04MB)
Eng and IT
Representing data using binary, hexadecimal and binary coded decimal: Session 1 (PDF, 170.8KB)
Representing data using binary, hexadecimal and binary coded decimal: Session 1 (RTF, 22.5MB)
Representing data using binary, hexadecimal and binary coded decimal: Session 2 (PDF, 74.5KB)
Representing data using binary, hexadecimal and binary coded decimal: Session 2 (RTF, 3.92MB)
Representing data using binary, hexadecimal and binary coded decimal: Session 3 (PDF, 66.6KB)
Representing data using binary, hexadecimal and binary coded decimal: Session 3 (RTF, 3.87MB)
Representing data using binary, hexadecimal and binary coded decimal: Session 4 (PDF, 61KB)
Representing data using binary, hexadecimal and binary coded decimal: Session 4 (RTF, 3.88MB)
SHD
Understanding ratio (PDF, 17.2KB)
Understanding ratio (RTF, 3.99MB)
Eng
Understanding the laws of arithmetic: Order of operations (Engineering) (PDF, 182KB)
Understanding the laws of arithmetic: Order of operations (Engineering) (RTF, 14MB)
IT
Understanding the laws of arithmetic: Order of operations (Information technology) (PDF, 200KB)
Understanding the laws of arithmetic: Order of operations (Information technology) (RTF, 88MB)
CBE, CM, Eng, IT and SHD
Using millimetres and metres (PDF, 1.33MB)
Using millimetres and metres (RTF, 30MB)
During the project, teachers from subject and vocational areas adapted these Mathematics sessions to use with their learners.
Improving Learning in Mathematics resources
Creating and solving equations (PDF, 157KB)
Developing proportional reasoning (PDF, 507KB)
Estimating length using standard form (PDF, 987KB)
Interpreting Bar charts, Pie charts and Box and whisker plots (PDF, 1,000KB)
Ordering fractions and decimals (PDF, 137KB)
Understanding perimeter and area (PDF, 68.8KB)
Understanding the laws of arithmetic (PDF, 127.5KB)
Understanding the mean, median and mode (PDF, 477KB)
Using percentages to increase quantities (PDF, 275KB)
Maths4Life resources
Adding and subtracting decimals: Part 1 (PDF, 177KB)
Adding and subtracting decimals: Part 2 (PDF, 209KB)
Choosing appropriate units: Part 1 (PDF, 325KB)
Finding equivalent fractions (PDF, 174KB)
Continuing professional development session
PowerPoint presentation (PPT, 45KB)