Shyam Drury

Maths Education Specialist. PhD Candidate (Overcoming maths teaching anxiety). I want students to know how to know.

[Shyam Drury @MathsXer]

I am looking for Primary School Teachers who have had some success in overcoming their mathematics teaching anxiety to share their experience with me for my PhD research project. If you know anyone who might fit the bill, please pass this on. https://t.co/EaxWgiwRCl

[Shyam Drury @MathsXer]

Are you an Australian primary teacher who has had some success dealing with your anxiety around teaching mathematics? If so, you could make a valuable contribution to research. Please click here to express interest in participating: https://t.co/0givdyE4cW See flier for details.

[Shyam Drury @MathsXer]

@dylanwiliam @BUBBLINGDAY

[Dylan Wiliam @dylanwiliam]

Finally, the paper from Janet Metcalfe's "Learning from errors" project (I was on the advisory board) is out: https://t.co/qZZeDAWSD4. Main finding: teacher time spent on learning from errors produced better progress on the NY Regents' Algebra exam than explicit instruction.

[Shyam Drury @MathsXer]

@Lamooshka77 @larianstudios They won't be able to patch that. That requires rewriting of the core code to make it more efficient. Mine drops to about 4 fps at points during the action.

[Shyam Drury @MathsXer]

I'll be presenting this session on Thursday and Friday at the same time. Hope to see you there if you're interested navigating the tension between explicit and inquiry-based approaches to teaching mathematics.
https://t.co/Qa8rGEsFOg

[Shyam Drury @MathsXer]

@BruceMcBruce3 @MissSDoherty @brassoteach A collection of wrong definitions has a different import to a collection of different correct definitions.

[Shyam Drury @MathsXer]

@BruceMcBruce3 @MissSDoherty @brassoteach This is a good demonstration of why the examples we use matter. The example doesn't match what's being explained. The example is of a collection of wrong definitions. It's impossible for the audience (teachers) not to notice, and hence it distracts them from the intended meaning.

[Shyam Drury @MathsXer]

@howie_hua I see the 2 and 5 which I know produce 10. So using the associative principle 3x7 x 2x5 = 21 x 10 = 210

[Shyam Drury @MathsXer]

@dylanwiliam "Learning about mathematical concepts precedes the ability to apply these concepts." and "Mathematical ideas need to be introduced in discrete packages." are core ideas in explicit and direct instruction approaches.

[Shyam Drury @MathsXer]

@dylanwiliam How do you view the results of the Effective Teachers of Numeracy study these days? Do you see any conflicts between the significance of connectionism (as reported) with the importance of Cognitive Load Theory (and it's implications: e.g Direct Instruction)?

[Shyam Drury @MathsXer]

@dylanwiliam Sure. That is the argument of the paper - orientations are a set of beliefs. However... when the orientations are broken down they seemed to clearly align themselves with a pedagogy. " E.g.,

[Shyam Drury @MathsXer]

@naomicfisher @_MissingTheMark @JKPBooks Absolutely agree with you. Also acknowledge that many of the most important changes needed, teachers themselves are very restricted in implementing (which can lead to their defensiveness). Teachers are also burnt out by the system and issues of high accountability and reporting.

[Shyam Drury @MathsXer]

Very happy to be featured on the latest episode of the national Maths in Schools podcast, discussing how to build a dialogic classroom with @Allan_Dougan https://t.co/VF9bgeOQRw

[Dr Elise van der Jagt @DrElisevdJ]

Can we stop talking about the teaching and learning of mathematics as if it were the same as learning to read? The limited parallels break down too quickly for an argument to stand. #MTBoS

[Shyam Drury @MathsXer]

@jamestanton Say 2 x3 is two groups with an amount of 3 in them. 2 x 0 is two groups with an amount of zero in them, therefore, zero. 0 x 0 is NO groups with an amount of zero in them. All fine.

[James Dixon @MrDixonMath]

Hey everyone. Over the past two years I’ve created 175 short explicit teaching videos for primary aged children. Please check out my channel, some videos need to be refined but they’ve worked great as a Flipped Classroom model. #iteachmath #mtcoz #mtbos

https://t.co/FQHDCekl8J

[Shyam Drury @MathsXer]

@nomad_penguin Australians know how sharp their claws are.

[Shyam Drury @MathsXer]

@MathsCirclesOz Not full solution but first check for reasonableness is to notice both fractions are less than a half so the solution must be less than one.

[Shyam Drury @MathsXer]

The Department of Education have acknowledged the impact of Lighthouse Maths in a recent article: https://t.co/B9CX7M2E5X