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Flatland as social satire: Women’s status in Victorian times and the push for educational reform By Xiang Fu
This blog post was written by our summer research student Xiang Fu, who was supervised by Andrew Potter and June Barrow-Green. This blog post focuses on the status of women in mathematics in Victorian times, and today. Xiang Fu completed her … Continue reading
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The men who invented zero
This blog post was written by Roshani Senior, an OU mathematics graduate who undertook a 3 month virtual internship with the school of mathematics and statistics. Roshani’s placement was focused on developing external engagement materials based on mathematics. In this … Continue reading
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Introducing MathsCity.
This blog post was written by Staff Tutor and Senior mathematics lecturer Katie Chicot. MathsCity marks a first, major step towards creating a first National Mathematics Discovery Centre for the UK. MathsCity opened to the public on 4th October. For … Continue reading
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Mathematics education assignments: working with learners during the pandemic
There has been so much change over the past year, especially in educational settings. At the Open University we know about distance and remote learning – it’s been happening for over 50 years! But even those students who did not … Continue reading
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External engagement during the pandemic
Last September I came back from maternity leave, mid pandemic, to reclaim my role as external engagement lead for the school of mathematics and statistics. I had particularly missed this aspect of my job: organising events with our academics, hosting … Continue reading
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What is the way forward for Maths exams 2021?
A personal viewpoint from Cathy Smith, Mathematics Education lead at the Open University. Ofqual and DfE are currently consulting about their proposals for giving students GCSE, AS and A level grades this summer, a change of plan from the problematic … Continue reading
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Generalising in Mathematics
Generalising in Mathematics by Philip Higgins One of the most revealing aspects of ME625 and ‘Developing Thinking in Algebra’ (Mason et al 2012) is that algebra is the search for the general rule and that this generality can … Continue reading
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Developing Thinking in Learning and Doing Geometry
Developing Thinking in Learning and Doing Geometry. You might have thought the title of this blog is unnecessarily complicated! It is a hybrid of the names for the current Open University geometry module (Developing Thinking in Geometry) and the … Continue reading
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What does it mean to understand probability: with diversions into parrots, children and sweets
One of the lockdown conversations that has stuck in my mind was with a colleague whose 8-year old does not really want to go back to school. One of his reasons is a tribute to her homeschooling arrangements: he has … Continue reading
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… even if you don’t get to a solution you’ll learn more about the environment around you What makes some people love doing maths and others not? This is a question that inspires our research at the OU? We are … Continue reading