Nuffield Maths Teaching Project – Shape and Space

From the Nuffield Foundation, this collection consists of seven modules focusing directly on shape and space: angles, courses and bearings, symmetry, similarity, coordinates, topology, vectors and similarity 2.

Most modules consist of activity cards for students, hints for students for some of the cards and teachers' notes which contain suggestions for teaching approaches, answers and all of the student material.

The teachers' notes also show the structure of the student cards which, in most modules, are grouped into sets of cards. This was designed to support planning for students with differing prior knowledge and allowing for a range of attainment in the class.

The coordinates, topology and vectors modules each contain a sequence of questions for students to work through. There are teachers' notes which contain only little more than the answers to the student questions.

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Angles, Courses and Bearings

From the Nuffield Foundation, the purpose of the module is to develop students’ understanding of angle by exploring rotation in practical situations and by using simple home-made equipment made from card.

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Symmetry

From the Nuffield Foundation, the purpose of this module is to develop understanding of line and rotational symmetry. Much of the work on line symmetry is based on paper folding activities and is quite practical.

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Similarity

From the Nuffield Foundation, the purpose of this module is to introduce students to a study of the properties of similar figures as a first step on the way to a study of trigonometry. Hence the workcards involve the practising of the mechanics of enlargement, becoming...

Co-ordinates

From the Nuffield Foundation, this module develops the use of co-ordinates in two and three dimensions using traditional games. It digresses into the simple use of matrices as information stores and finally, extending the work on ‘battleships’ into equations of lines...

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