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Noke Lieu
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One for the teachers amongst us
« on: Mar 17th, 2005, 9:01pm » |
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Imagine, if you will, that I run a portable maths exhibition. 
This exhibition is a LARGE collection of maths puzzles, catering for school kids from 7yo to 18yo. Each puzzle is much like a game comprising some or all of: large board, number counters, figurines etc.
If this exhibition was to be tweaked to fit a remote cluster of small (and mostly primary) schools, with few resources etc....
Imagine you're a teacher at one of these schools...(typically, maths isn't these teachers strong point, so imagining may be hard)
What pre & post-visit resources/details would you like to recieve?
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Re: One for the teachers amongst us
« Reply #1 on: May 30th, 2005, 2:02pm » |
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If I understand you correctly, then:
Previsit:
1. A short description I can send to the kids' parents.
2. A full description of the games / exhibitions (rules, scoring, etc.)
3. An explaination of the underlying math, so that I'll be able to explain it to the interested students.
Postvisit:
1. Instruction of how I may buy / make some of the more succesful games.
2. Reference to entry-level math books I can recommend to the kids.
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How about supercalifragilisticexpialidociouspuzzler [Towr, 2007]
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Noke Lieu
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Re: One for the teachers amongst us
« Reply #2 on: Jun 23rd, 2005, 9:08pm » |
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Thanks BNC.
A little late, both of our replies, but valuable.
What we produced was actually a little similar to your suggestions. (but because of many factors, without the emphasis on parents)
And one of the workshops we did (may turn into do- it was great) was getting the kids to create their own versions of their favourite puzzles.
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