Greg Roberts

Maths teacher in UK and now at an A Level/IB School in Dubai. Head of KS5.

[Greg Roberts @greg_roberts86]

My #TEDx talk from June has now gone live. I would be very interested in any opinions from Maths teachers or anyone else on the future of the subject in schools. #mathschat #maths #edchat #edutwitter #21steduskills #futureofwork

https://t.co/q9ZAx5gBgf

[Kerry Conlon @KerryConlon80]

Looking forward to seeing you on the 15th June @KentCollegeDXB #MathsConfDubai Where we host @EmathsUK. What are you looking forward to most? Please comment/retweet. Outline for the day is below.

[Greg Roberts @greg_roberts86]

@KerryConlon80 @KentCollegeDXB @EmathsUK Signed up to the problem solving session by @mr_alfredb looking forward to seeing how I can apply some ideas to our next cohort of Y7’s. Well done Kerry for all the organising. It will be great to have over 100 maths teachers @KentCollegeDXB next week. #MathsConfDubai

[Greg Roberts @greg_roberts86]

@RJS2212 My concern is that students using it won’t know when it’s right or wrong. And it’s wrong I’m different ways, from procedural errors to calculation errors, to misinterpretation and the odd bit of plane old bonkers. Long term it will iron this out, but short term, it’s an issue.

[Greg Roberts @greg_roberts86]

Is this the way you would find the area? I kept asking #chatgpt4 for different methods and it didn’t disappoint. Interested in anyone with opinions on bring #AI or #LLM their teaching of #maths. Different methods used by #OPENAI shown in thread….

[Greg Roberts @greg_roberts86]

@RJS2212 True. Although yesterday it proved 1=2 and then explained the reason why the logic was flawed due to division by zero.

[Greg Roberts @greg_roberts86]

@RJS2212 Great addition. I’m trying to ask the students I teach whether they use chatgpt for maths when they get stuck. They say no, because they think it’s a trap. But I know some do, and I know there are so many issues that can arise from this.

[Greg Roberts @greg_roberts86]

I gave no instruction about explaining the work in simpler terms, so the order in which it presented the methods is interesting. I would really like to hear any and all thoughts on using #ChatGPT or #AI in Maths.

[Greg Roberts @greg_roberts86]

Then it drops down to using simpler processes that would be accessible for a foundation student. (The original question appeared on an IGCSE Foundation and Higher paper)

[Greg Roberts @greg_roberts86]

Just watched the #AI dilemma, after seeing a clip shown in CPD this week. Is this something your school are talking about? Have you heard about any sensible approaches schools are taking to tackle AI issues particularly from a #maths #teaching perspective? https://t.co/BZ28uDR7m1

[Greg Roberts @greg_roberts86]

@Roaming_Numeral No your not missing anything. It’s a limitation of ChatGPT. There’s lots of mistakes in this proof.

[Greg Roberts @greg_roberts86]

I used to think 0.9 recurring was equal to 1 but now I’m not so sure! #maths #mathai #AI #mathschat #math. All comments on this matter are welcome.

[Greg Roberts @greg_roberts86]

@Whitehughes The answer it gave to the maths question before this one was actually very good. It also wrote a simple proof that was well explained but it was all over the place with this one.

[Greg Roberts @greg_roberts86]

@missgeog92 If I have a set of 30, I will start with about 4 q’s (or the maximum I can memorise). Then after about 10 I move up to about 6 q’s (creating a new pile) and then after another 10 I move to about 8 q’s. Then I circle back so I’ve done 8 q’s on all.

[Greg Roberts @greg_roberts86]

@DrFrostMaths Not seen this question. Looks like you’d need to do it from contradiction ending up with 2a + 2b +1 =2c? Is there another way?

[Greg Roberts @greg_roberts86]

@letsgetmathing @MathsTechnology @Desmos @geogebra @autographmaths @SparksMaths @RJS2212 I like the use of the and operator, without this, I’d have just gone with the darkest region. Would that always work?

[Greg Roberts @greg_roberts86]

@offgridteacher You could give them an inquiry to do. This one would be perfect. https://t.co/VwZq2aK7FE

[Greg Roberts @greg_roberts86]

@oldandrewuk The sound of an unnecessarily solid metal water bottle getting knocked over during a test and terrifying the life out of half the class is a small price to pay if that child can remain hydrated.