Emotions in Learning and Make it Stick!

September 30, 2015

Well, the holidays are almost over and the busy classrooms will soon get most of our attention (and time). It would become more challenging to browse the increasing flow of information regarding the latest developments of pedagogical theory. I wanted to share a couple...

Subject Reports Comments on Mathematical Exploration

October 31, 2014

The latest subject report for the IB examination from May 2014 was eagerly awaited by colleagues as this was the first time the new syllabus was examined. Another reason for interest was to check and compare our understanding and practice in developing the newly...

Mathematical Impressions

January 30, 2014

In my first post on this blog (not so many months ago) I was wondering what will be our experience as teachers in helping the students developing their explorations. It is still early days, of course, and I am still waiting for some of my students to produce their...

The Mathematical Sciences in the 21st century

December 31, 2013

In the last day of 2013 it seems appropriate to browse two books published by the National Academies Press – both of them represent reports of an interesting project The Mathematical Sciences in 2025. They can be read online freely (and after a registration a...

Thinking Mathematically

November 18, 2013

Recently I have discovered by chance a book that many of you may already know – “Thinking Mathematically” by J.Mason, L.Burton and K.Stacey.   As it is usually the case, one thing leads to another (click after click :-)), and from the...

The Year of the (Mathematical) Exploration

October 9, 2013

This will be my first post aimed at colleagues teaching Mathematics for the IBDP  and I feel humbled and privileged by the task. I have no difficulties in identifying one of the most burning area of concern for us. In our school we are in the beginning  of  the...