Susan Whitehouse

susanwhitehouse.bsky.social

20 October 2026 21:47

I think that (a very limited amount of) plotting graphs by hand has a place. The process of doing the calculations, placing the points, joining them up gives an insight into what a graph is showing/doing that it's hard to get just using IT. I don't think students should do a lot of it though.

OperaBunny

operabunny.bsky.social

20 October 2026 19:21

I learnt to write with a fountain pen at school. It's completely unnecessary now and would be a waste of time making everyone do it. We need to stop being so attached to what we enjoyed when we were at school or things that have always been taught (since the Victorians!) and be realistic.

OperaBunny

operabunny.bsky.social

20 October 2026 19:21

I think we should be teaching it & assessing it using IT. Nobody does it by hand in the real world now. The same is true for plotting graphs. A lot of time in maths lessons is being used to do things by hand instead of teaching children the way they'll need to use as adults.

Charlotte McFarlan

charlottemaths.bsky.social

20 October 2026 15:04

What topic do *you* as a maths teacher feel most “why are we learning this?” about? For me, it’s got to be plans and elevations #MathsToday

Nathan Day

nathanday.bsky.social

07 October 2026 17:01

In #MathsToday, Year 10 were doing some averages from frequency tables. They started with this from one of @studymaths.bsky.social's #1001MathsBots [table not revealed at first!]. And then moved on to some variationy practice questions. interwovenmaths.com/frequency-ta...