Helen Sheridan

[Helen Sheridan @FastMaths123]

A must read.

[Mark McCourt @EmathsUK]

NEW BLOG: Educational Amnesia: Why England Is Sleepwalking into a Scottish Mistake

https://t.co/ZgkmyNQXU7

[Katharine Birbalsingh @Miss_Snuffy]

If only the Education Secretary were interested. 🙄

Just because the reforms were initiated by the Tories does not mean Labour has to undo what works.

A sensible politician would just continue the good work.

[Helen Sheridan @FastMaths123]

“….at one point each of them was working on a different one.

Students work at different rates, often vastly different rates. When we don’t account for that, some feel rushed and fall behind while others get prevented from going further.”

[Steve Hare @sharemath]

Yesterday morning, I placed copies of seven example-based You Teach You geometry worksheets in separate piles on a table in my classroom so that my GED students could work through them one at a time when they came in. They were used to the “see it, do it, check it” format from previous classes and settled in to work, coming to me for assistance (not as often as you might think since the 1:1 ratio of examples to practice problems makes the worksheets self-explanatory) and to check their work against the keys (which I showed them one at a time on my laptop, without comment). There were a few “Oh, I see what I did wong!”s, a number of “Yesssss!”s, three or four questions, and one high five as I revealed the keys, but mostly the students simply looked at the solutions and smiled to themselves in silent contentment; confident that they were actually mastering the math they’ll need to pass the GED. These are individuals who, by their own admission, have never felt confident in math class before, so the looks on their faces spoke volumes.

And something else spoke to me too. There happened to be seven students in the class at the time, same as the number of worksheets, and at one point each of them was working on a different one.

Students work at different rates, often vastly different rates. When we don’t account for that, some feel rushed and fall behind while others get prevented from going further.

When we do account for it, they all get precisely what they need to succeed.

#YouTeachYou #Reproducible #MathWorksheets #GED #AdultEducation #RemedialMath #InexpensiveMathSolutions

[Helen Sheridan @FastMaths123]

@StudyMaths Both - side by side….with a hundred square too….to also link to percentages (and decimals).

[Helen Sheridan @FastMaths123]

@StudyMaths Love the way that your activities always make kids think!

[Helen Sheridan @FastMaths123]

@StudyMaths Love ❤️ to Double and Half
150x14
300x7 = 2100

[Helen Sheridan @FastMaths123]

@StudyMaths Isn’t it about really understanding:

3.1 lots of 7 and 6.9 lots of 7

is the same as 10 lots of 7

= 70

Again - rushing into a remembered procedure isn’t always the best way to work something out….and I think we must be very aware of this when teaching maths to youngsters.

[Helen Sheridan @FastMaths123]

@quintic @StudyMaths I am aware that there are two answers to a quadratic and -16 is the other solution…I thought Jonathan was asking what we notice ….before blindly applying a procedure. I think that’s what we should also should be encouraging students to do.

[Helen Sheridan @FastMaths123]

‘Pretends to retire’ - love it!

If you are able to wipe out of your head everything that is ingrained as ‘basic understanding’ of education (maths education in particular) then it’s easy to agree with Mark on everything he says…..

@EmathsUK

[Helen Sheridan @FastMaths123]

@rastokke @JoanneLeeJacobs Brilliant!

[Helen Sheridan @FastMaths123]

@PeterFoulds77 @2 @8

[Helen Sheridan @FastMaths123]

@PeterFoulds77 In a 4by2 long multiplication - how many times tables and easy addition sums do kids have to recall?

In this one: 6725x78 - there are 19 little sums. Oscillating between recalling tables facts and addition.

recall facts @2 per second, 38 seconds
@8 per second, 152 seconds

[Helen Sheridan @FastMaths123]

@PeterFoulds77 I love grid method over long multiplication every time

1. You can spot errors
2. Kids have to do the place value with understanding rather than just ‘putting in the zero’.

Again using the grid to multiply out brackets - they can see where they’ve gone wrong.

[Helen Sheridan @FastMaths123]

So many kids have dropped of the maths bus.

[Helen Sheridan @FastMaths123]

@EmathsUK 🤣

[Helen Sheridan @FastMaths123]

SATURDAY 15 MARCH 2025, BRACKNELL

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[Helen Sheridan @FastMaths123]

“….education rarely goes with the evidence base and instead opts for what makes people feel comfortable.” MM

“This understandable human desire to recreate the world or our childhood....” MMc

For improvement things need to be uncomfortable!

@BrunoReddyMaths
@PeterFoulds77

[Mark McCourt @EmathsUK]

In debates and discussions around education, it is often the case that when people say this or that approach doesn’t work / is harmful / should be banned / is anti-child / etc, they really mean “but this isn’t how things were when I was at school.”

This understandable human desire to recreate the world or our childhood is why we are stuck in a never ending cycle of fads and fashions, be that in education practices or popular music or dress sense or pretty much everything.

It is the main culprit when it comes to understanding why education rarely goes with the evidence base and instead opts for what makes people feel comfortable.

[Helen Sheridan @FastMaths123]

Some brilliant puzzles….let’s make sure kids to really enjoy maths!

[Mark McCourt @EmathsUK]

https://t.co/bbJpxrGnd3

[Helen Sheridan @FastMaths123]

https://t.co/e1FK1Rfvj6

@PeterFoulds77
@BrunoReddyMaths
@EmathsUK