Tom Manners - Loves Talking Maths Teaching


I’m an SLE that loves discussing pedagogy with teachers and leaders and enjoy sharing my knowledge and interest as often as possible. I hope that the CPD, research, videos and interviews on my website give you access to just some of my enthusiasm.
We know that passion is key when delivering maths lessons – and if you have that, then you will want to work with me, as I have it in spades!
Guest video of the month
I regularly come across teachers who have no idea why “completing the square” is so-called. Representation allows everyone to see and understand this more easily. In this video, Eddie Woo demonstrates why the method has that name – a great example of conceptual understanding supporting prodcedural fluency.
Variation is… “a necessary component in teaching in order for students to notice what is to be learned ”
From Kullberg, A., Runesson, U. and Marton, F. ‘What is made possible to learn when using the variation theory of learning in teaching mathematics?’ (2017)
Welcome to my Twitter feed
Love Andy's work, especially these Clumsy Clives!! #reasoning
Glad more people were seeing his work this weekend thanks to #MathsConfMini and @mathsjem
PS a reminder to all that he kindly took part in a ResourceFULL interview last year 🙂
Clumsy Clive On Histograms https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/clumsy-clive-on-histograms-12471878 via @tesResources
A Maths colleague (I can't recall who I'm afraid) was looking for histograms tasks to do online; will this work? I hope so...
Worth having a look at @PiXLMattTheApp website... and the ResourceFULL episode about it 😉
Maths Teachers - Prompted by my video call with @Mannermatics, my Pencil Box project from 6yrs ago has now been incorporated into the Maths White Board site (MWB Class Share). Share your screen with students and see the engagement! #mathtwitter #mathschat https://hbkportal.co.uk/MWB.html
NOT MATHS
#Offside is the stupidest thing in football! No-one understands it ever and it just causes confusion and frustration week in/ week out!
#Hockey made the right decision.
Bin it!