We are lucky at SSA to have several Teaching and Learning Consultants - one in each faculty, plus a few Advanced T&L Consultants who support all departments. These are teachers who have some of their timetable allocated to supporting other teachers.
One such Advanced T&L Consultant is Zayn Bharuchi, a psychology super-teacher. She inspired me to feature mathematical "thunks" regularly on this blog. The first thunk comes directly from her, and when I read it, I was completely blown away by how imaginative it is.
Mean, Mode and Median brothers. But they want some Hollywood glamour and a more than average surname. Thunk: What is their surname?
Isn't this brilliant? I like to think I'm a creative maths teacher, but I never would have come up with this in a million years! That's because my creativity is often limited to mathematical ideas (and jewellery).
And as an extension, another nice question:
Who is the eldest/youngest sibling? Why?
This got a nice debate going in the maths office. I am definitely going to use these questions next time I teach averages. Thank you Zayn!
This post was written by Emma Cooke, Sidney Stringer Academy, Coventry
Amazing stuff. I like this.
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