Post on 03-Jan-2016
Key Stage 3National Strategy
Writing in mathematics
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Key Stage 3 National Strategy Mathematics 3.2© Crown Copyright 2003
Objectives for session 3
To consider different types of writing used in mathematics
To look at how writing can be modelled in mathematics lessons
To identify different teaching strategies to develop pupils’ writing in mathematics
Key Stage 3 National Strategy Mathematics 3.3© Crown Copyright 2003
Extract of a question from KS3 mathematics test
Is this statement correct?
Tick () Yes or No.
Yes No
Explain your answer.
Winter mixtureMix 1 part Screenwash
with 4 parts water.
25% of winter mixture is Screenwash.
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Pupils’ explanations
It’s less than a quarter
Screenwash.
One part with four parts.
It’s more than
75% water.
There are more than four
parts.
There are five parts, not four.
Key Stage 3 National Strategy Mathematics 3.5© Crown Copyright 2003
Why model?
To show how something is done
To give pupils an insight into the principles and concepts that lie beneath new skills and techniques
To scaffold learning by supported, structured activities
To help pupils on the way to independence
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Video
What skills, processes or procedures are being modelled?
How does the modelling make explicit the thinking and decisions behind the task?
How does the teacher scaffold the learning following the modelled activity in order to move pupils towards independence?
Key Stage 3 National Strategy Mathematics 3.7© Crown Copyright 2003
Ways of working with pupils to develop writing skills
Getting started
Supporting developments
Nurturing a sense of audience
Developing critical reading and writing