Scenario: Jess teaching about the relationship between multiplication and division within the context of a lesson about solving word problems Country: UK Grade (student age): Year 5 (age 9-10) Contributed by: Fay Turner, University of Cambridge, UK Context – national, curricular, professional, other Jess had completed a one year graduate teacher programme the previous year.  […]

Scenario: Chloe teaching strategies for subtracting 9, 11, 19 and 21 Country: UK Grade (student age): Year 1/2 (age 5-7) Contributed by: Fay Turner, University of Cambridge, UK Context – national, curricular, professional, other Chloe was a student teacher in the final term of a one year postgraduate teacher education programme.  The lesson took place […]

Scenario: Christiana’s teaching multiplication by powers of ten Country: Cyprus Grade (student age): Year 4 (age 9-10) Contributed by: Marilena Petrou Context – national, curricular, professional, other In Cyprus textbooks are used on a daily basis in the classroom, and are produced by policy makers. The mathematics textbooks in Cyprus are year-based, and all students […]

Scenario: Mirella teaching two-digit divisions by invariantive law Country: Italy Grade (student age): Year 3 (age 7-8) Contributed by: Marco Bardelli, University of Padova, Italy Context – public primary school, national curriculum In Italy two-digit divisions is a topic that is usually taught in year 4. The new national curriculum in Italy  (2007), named “Indicazioni […]

Scenario: Suzy teaching multiplication methods Country: UK Grade (student age): Year 5 (age 9-10) Contributed by: Ray Huntley, Brunel University, UK Context – national, curricular, professional, other Suzy was reviewing ideas about multiplication of tens and hundreds with her class, before moving on to discuss other examples which extended the method into thousands. Suzy was a […]

Scenario: Chloe teaching a mental arithmetic strategy Country: UK Grade (student age): Year 1/2 (age 5-7) Contributed by: Tim Rowland, University of Cambridge, UK Context – national, curricular, professional, other At the time when this lesson was recorded, mathematics in primary schools was prescribed by a National Numeracy Strategy and a related curriculum framework. In […]