UPGRADE OFFER: Maths: Proportion, ratio and scaling NE204 / B20
Summary
Online course. Proportional reasoning, and the use of ratios, is required across different areas of the mathematics curriculum. It is essential to many areas of science and technology and is used in a range of real-world situations in both life and work.
On this self-paced, online subject knowledge course, we explore a number of different mathematical strategies to enable you to solve proportional reasoning problems. Discover how seemingly unrelated mathematical problems are related to the same underlying structure. Understand how being fluent in the ideas of proportional reasoning opens the door to a deeper understanding of the rules and procedures involved, and how these methods work.
By participating in this online course you will discover multiplicative reasoning strategies, links between ratio and proportion and the ability to scale things up and to scale things down.
Join this course
Book onto our Maths: Proportion, ratio and scaling online course through the STEM Learning website and you can purchase an upgrade for only £30 +VAT. You will get unlimited access to the course and recognition with a STEM certificate on successful completion.
Usual upgrade price is £62 on FutureLearn.
Join on FutureLearn for free to get time-limited access without a certificate.
This course is aimed at:
- new teachers, student teachers or people just about to start their teaching career who are interested in increasing their mathematical subject knowledge
- inexperienced teachers of mathematics for whom mathematics was not a major part of their degree
- non-specialist teachers of mathematics whose expertise lies elsewhere
- teachers of science
- teachers of technology, engineering and other related subjects
- parents wishing to support their children
What subjects are covered on the course?
- Proportional reasoning.
- Ratios.
- Applications of proportional reasoning.
- Taking proportional reasoning further.
This course takes around three hours per week to complete and you do not need to be online at any specific time. This course will be facilitated in course discussions between 01 February 2021 – 28 February 2021
Outcomes
You will be able to:
- identify problems that can be solved using proportional reasoning
- solve problems of scaling up and scaling down using the unitary method
- solve problems of ratio with two and three quantities
- apply proportional reasoning to conversion and compound measure problems
- apply proportional reasoning to scaling of area and volume
Sessions
| Date | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Maths subject knowledge: proportional reasoning | 18 January 2021 | 00:00-00:00 |
Notes
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If you have booked in advance of the course being available, you will receive access to the course on FutureLearn no later than the course start date.
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Cost
| Fee-paying school or college (independent) | Activity fee£30.00 |
|---|---|
| State-funded school or college | Activity fee£30.00 |
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