Mel Murray

[Mel Murray @M_D_Murray]

@suffolkmaths @mrsouthernmaths @Whitehughes @Ridermeister Yes, for FM the optional components we deliver are Further Stats 1 & Decision 1. 4 teachers involved overall, maths with a 5/5 split, FM with a 7/3 split per fortnight. Let me know if you want any info :-)

[Mel Murray @M_D_Murray]

@catrionateaches Hi, are your pedagogy meetings through your hub? Thank you in advance.

[Mel Murray @M_D_Murray]

@Miss_M_Maths @blatherwick_sam For Trig alternative form, you can consider asking: is that they only version you could use? e.g. if you steer them to R cos (x - a) initially. Get them to try other forms and link to transformations of graphs. Get them to check graph equivalence with technology. Hope this helps.

[Mel Murray @M_D_Murray]

@CharlotteONx @mathsjem @missradders @MathsNot @StudyMaths @KatharinePeace Mathsbox is pretty good for AS and A-level skills checks too if your school has a subscription.

[Mel Murray @M_D_Murray]

@TLMaths @mrsouthernmaths @mrbartonmaths @mathsjem All advice gratefully received.

[Mel Murray @M_D_Murray]

Doing some analysis of student scripts from Edexcel A-level maths 2023. I'm wondering how others teach "inspection", i.e. max, mins. Paper 1, q13 involved a quadratic and height. Thanks in advance! @TLMaths @mrsouthernmaths @mrbartonmaths @mathsjem

[Mel Murray @M_D_Murray]

@TLMaths @mrsouthernmaths @mrbartonmaths @mathsjem Not necessarily. Could also be in relation to modulus or trig models, perhaps in the harmonic form, the types seen at AS and A-level. When I teach modelling for any topic, I say "what's the most this can be? what's the least?" but I don't think I'm being very effective.

[Mel Murray @M_D_Murray]

@Whitehughes Thank you! [email protected]

[Mel Murray @M_D_Murray]

@Whitehughes I've also had a go. Like my students said it started off relatively straightforward then seemed to get markedly harder at question 5. Have you posted your solutions so I can check mine? Definitely trust yours over mine :-)

[Mel Murray @M_D_Murray]

@Ridermeister @UKMathsTrust Sorry, Tom. I've just turned on accept messages from anyone. Could you try again when it suits you? Thank you.

[Mel Murray @M_D_Murray]

@Ridermeister @UKMathsTrust Yes I'd be interested. I'm our UKMT coordinator at school :-)

[Mel Murray @M_D_Murray]

@MisterRMaths @mathsjem IS this any use? https://t.co/BGu76MOZsk

[Mel Murray @M_D_Murray]

@1716Vinny Finished Y13 FM before Easter, hurrah! Y13 Maths still have last topic in mechanics with one teacher, and numeric methods & the trapezium rule with me. The remaining weeks will be very disrupted but hope to fit in good revision lessons. 🤞

[Mel Murray @M_D_Murray]

@ECR_Maths Big-M has the same appeal for me in linear programming 🤓 I'm sure there's loads of others!

[Mel Murray @M_D_Murray]

@tm_maths As it's only asking for an estimate 200/40 = 5, -1 for spaces or punctuation marks, gives 4 letters per word approx. If this is on a calc paper, for (b) (52 / 72) * 60 = 43.3, so presumably could argue it's about the same word length, or the words might be slightly shorter.

[Mel Murray @M_D_Murray]

@mathladyhazel So true.. except in my day the lecturer had filled 3 floor to ceiling black boards and been through 2 alphabets before declaring "therefore phi equals 3" as a finale. I was lost.

[Mel Murray @M_D_Murray]

@HonestlyUk @mathsjem Have you asked your 6th form team which universities they're referring to? I've never heard of this but can see that if the course is medicine or art, Maths + FM aren't necessarily going to help.

[Mel Murray @M_D_Murray]

@ers_rog @Sheena2907 same!

[Mel Murray @M_D_Murray]

@LivMathsSchool Were they discussing 3D transformations by any chance?

[Mel Murray @M_D_Murray]

@JJewellmaths @mathsjem @Just_Maths @mrbartonmaths I was in the same position 3 years ago. We're with Edexcel, and for FM we opted for Decision 1 and Further Stats 1. We have to parallel teach FM alongside A-level Maths so there'd lots of dependencies. Happy to share our teaching schedule / SOW.