The T-REX in the classroom!
The four questions above LOOK the same.
All four of them require your son/daughter to do something slightly different.
THIS is, in a nutshell, what is going wrong with mathematics education in the United Kingdom and it isn’t only a problem in BASIC ADDITION… (nor is it only a problem in mathematics… or in the UK!)
This disease is all over mathematics textbooks, worksheets, revision guides and ‘cool’ online maths apps.
From Key Stage 1 to GCSE, mathematics has become infected with this malignancy. The very STRUCTURE of educational exercises is WRONG.
Almost no parents are aware of the T-REX in the classroom and a frighteningly large amount of teachers either don’t know, have forgotten, or don’t care.
Identifying, treating, and curing this cancer is a MUST if your son/daughter is ever going to become a truly competent and confident mathematician.
TOMORROW (Tuesday) night I will be teaching a 90-minute masterclass called:
Why you SUCK at maths
Tuesday 19th Sept 19:30 - 21:00 UK, via Zoom
This is for parents of children aged 5 to 16 years. All you need is paper and a pen!
Links will be sent out via THIS Substack email 45-minutes beforehand.
If you are yet to work out the 4 differences pictured above, worry not, I will START with this on the night.
See you there and tell a friend - I promise not to talk about the illuminati! ;)
Education not indoctrination
Sarah Plumley
Thinker-Teacher-Truther