Using CAME material (Port Glasgow High School, S1)
Using CAME materials: organisation
Teachers try to do problem solving once a week, but there are always opportunities in the last five minutes of a lesson to pick up a card with a problem on it and work through it.
The school has a ‘problem bank’: two folders made up by a member of staff who took problems that he enjoyed solving himself from a variety of sources. There are also problem solving cards, graded by difficulty, which can be introduced at the beginning or end of a lesson. One internet resource teachers draw on is www.nrich.maths.org.uk, which has monthly puzzles, all available online.
Paul assesses his pupils by observation. He encourages pupils who particularly enjoy the problem solving part of a class to take part in the monthly maths prize competition.
| Paul Smith talks about planning, resources and assessment | |
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| Description | Paul Smith describes how he integrates problem solving into maths lessons, the school's 'problem bank' and internet resources he uses |
| Duration | 2 minutes 27 seconds |
| Windows version |  Windows Media video: Paul Smith talks about planning, resources and assessment |
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| Transcript | Paul Smith talks about planning, resources and assessment |
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