Using Complete Mathematics to Support Implementing a Mastery Curriculum

Using Complete Mathematics to Support Implementing a Mastery Curriculum Mastery learning is a well-defined approach to schooling. It originated in the work of Carelton Washburne and was later developed by John B. Carroll and Benjamin Bloom. Mastery is a model of schooling which has, at its heart the belief that every pupil can learn the...

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A five-year-old’s first engagement with Cuisenaire: Joyful Learning

A five-year-old’s first engagement with Cuisenaire: Joyful Learning I’ve used Cuisenaire occasionally in my career. Much of the time it was as an aide in the teaching of fractions to younger secondary pupils. However, this fabulous resource has so much more potential. It can be used to introduce the very basics of arithmetic such as additive...

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Dynamic Example Questions from Complete Mathematics

Dynamic Example Questions from Complete Mathematics Just over a month ago we released a blog describing our work on a dynamic worksheet generation tool. This was our first experiment in dynamically generated content. Today we announce our next experiment, dynamically generated example questions. Below are the first few questions we have...

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Dynamic Worksheet Generation from Complete Mathematics

Dynamic Worksheet Generation from Complete Mathematics Today we launch a new feature to be added to Complete Mathematics: our Dynamic Worksheet Generation tool. This initial launch is focused on the creation of worksheets for the factorisation of quadratics. We have created a tool which captures some of the ‘teacher logic’ inherent in worksheet...

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