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Try a hard problem;. You may not solve it, but you will prove something else!

Try a hard problem;. You may not solve it, but you will prove something else!. How to make m aths more challenging for high-achieving students. Teacher : Subject knowledge, good preparation, and willingness to try new ideas.

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Try a hard problem;. You may not solve it, but you will prove something else!

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  1. Try a hard problem;. You may not solve it, but you will prove something else!

  2. How to make maths more challenging for high-achieving students Teacher : Subject knowledge, good preparation, and willingness to try new ideas Student: be engaged, interested, challenged and want to learn.

  3. Identifying high-achievers • baseline testing (MiDYISand INSIGHT) Regular common assessments Daily monitoring

  4. Setting • Students are ‘set’ according to ability and achievement. • Higher achieving classes are larger than lower achieving classes. • Very able students accelerated to take GCSE a year early.

  5. First, you have to get their attention !

  6. Starters

  7. Starters

  8. Ideas for challenging high-achievers http://nrich.maths.org • Challenge box and Challenge wall

  9. www.mathschallenge.net Extensions

  10. www.furthermaths.org.uk

  11. Different teaching styles Seating arrangement

  12. Schemes of work (all students/ most students/some students)

  13. Investigations Train students to develop investigational strategies

  14. Competitions http://www.ukmt-resources.org.uk/index-tr.html The Mathematics Olympiad Final

  15. http://www.ukmt-resources.org.uk/index-tr.html Competitions – in class

  16. Students creating/designing own questions or teaching one another.

  17. nnn Oh that?... It has nothing to do with the formula; it just makes the whole thing seem less grumpy.'

  18. Solution to ‘Semi-Circle Lunes

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