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2007 Conference Programme

 

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Wednesday 11th April


12:00 noon Registration/Lunch
 
2:00pm Opening Lecture Steve Abbott
 
3:15pm Refreshments
 
3:45pm Session 1

Michael De Villiers

Generalizations of the nine-point circle, Euler line, Spieker circle and Nagel line (S, P16)

Penny Munn  Developmental psychology in the maths class (P)
Bill Richardson  An introduction to the Annual Conference for new delegates
Donald Keedwell  More on Sudoku and Magic Squares  (G)
Ton Lecluse Geocadabra, A Complete ICT Solution (P, S, P16)
Barry Lewis  More Power to Pascal (G)
 
5:00pm Break
 
5:15pm Session 2

Jennie Golding

Activate, Activate…(S, P16)
Jennie Pennant Group Encounters (P, S)
Alison Clark-Wilson Teachers' TV - what's on the box for KS3-4 mathematics? (S)
Janet Jagger

Ptolemy and the table of chords -the creation of Trigonometry (S, P16)

Ton Lecluse Geocadabra Magic (P, S, P16)
Gerry Leversha What makes a good maths problem?
 
6:45pm Dinner
 
8.30pm Quiz
 
8:30pm Beginning as a maths teacher - an informal session led by Jennie Golding


Thursday 12th April

9:30am Session 3

John Harrison

The Helical Number Line (P)
Gill Leahy and Chris Stone Creating a truly interactive mathematics classroom (S)
Michael Fox Malfatti's Circles - A Classic Problem (P16, G)
The MA Editors What do you want to know about MA publications
Douglas Butler Making the most of Word and the Internet (P, S, P16)
Tony Gardiner Material for an extension curriculum for Years 7-10 (S)
 
10:45am Refreshments
 
11:15am AGM/Publishers Exhibition
 
12:15pm Publishers Reception
 
12:45pm Lunch/Publishers Exhibition
 
2:00pm Session 4

John Rigby

Diverse Geometrical Topics Involving The Number 7 (S, P16, G)

Rachel Gibbons and Mundher Adhami

Creating an Inclusive Mathematics Classroom (1)(P,S)
Gill Leahy and Chris Stone Integrating Assessment for Learning in Mathematics(G)
Paul Harris How to work out sin(57.2958o) using only arithmetic (P16, G)
Doug French The creative use of odd moments (S)
Stella Dudzic   Guided missiles and greetings cards – links in Mathematics (P, S, G)
Hugh Williams

Using LOGO To Explore The Geometry Of Flowing Windows (G)

 
3:15pm Break
 
3:30pm Session 5

Peter Thomas

Putting the horse before the cart (P16)
John Silvester A Painless Introduction To Elliptic Curves (P16, G)

Rachel Gibbons and Mundher Adhami

Creating an Inclusive Mathematics Classroom (2)(P,S)
Rachael Read

Creating engagement and enjoyment in your classroom (P, S, P16)

Sue de Pomerai Teaching Decision Mathematics (P16)
Chris Sangwin      How round is your circle? (S,P16,G)
Margaret Williams

The Primary Mathematics Challenge – What Does It Offer (P)

Douglas Butler

Putting Autograph 3 to work on an Interactive Whiteboard (P, S, P16)

 
4:45pm Refreshments
 
5:15pm
Plenary     Bob Sawyer
 
6:30pm Dinner
 
7:30pm Primary Open Meeting, 11-16 Open meeting and Post-16 Open Meeting
 
8:30pm Teaching Committee: Open Meeting


Friday 13th April

9:30am
Presidential Address   Doug French
 
10:45am Refreshments
 
11:15am Session 6

David Acheson

Proof by Chocolate, etc. (G)
Rod Bond

Is It Really Possible To Motivate Young People To Study Mathematics At A level And Beyond? (S)

Hugh Williams Designing Geometric Windows – An Investigation (G)
Jenny Orton A belated Gap Year (G)
Liz Russell Connecting the learning (S)
Marcello Staricoff  

Inspiring all - using philosophy and creativity to teach Mathematics in the Primary Classroom (P)

Jenni Ingram, Steve Edwards and Sue Forrest Assessment for Learning Workshop (S)
 
12:30pm Lunch
 
2:00pm Session 7 

Gill Leahy and Chris Stone

Workshop - Hands on practice with an interactive whiteboard (G)
David Wells

The Curious And Interesting Connection Between Mathematics And Abstract Games (G)

Alison Clark-Wilson Interactive teaching of KS3 and 4 mathematics using ICT (S)
Heather Mendick Moving Images of Maths (G)
Mary Ledwick   Mathematics across the curriculum (S)
Graham Winter Adding spice to A-level lessons (S, P16)
Anthony Robin Some Calendar Problems (G)
Lynne McClure Year 6 and can already do it all - what's next? (P)
 
3:15pm Refreshments
 
3:30pm Session 8

Gill Leahy and Chris Stone

Workshop – Practical activity exploring the latest features of an interactive whiteboard (G)

Jennifer Piggott and members of the NRICH team

Future Perfect (G)
Ian Sugarman Digit Counters (P, S)
Sue de Pomerai  The Further Mathematics Network (P16)
Paul Metcalf The Changing Face Of GCSE Mathematics (S)
Rob Simpson Flexible Interactive Excel Workbooks for Maths (S, P16)
Rob Eastaway   Pick A Card, Any Card (G)
 
7:00pm Presidential Reception
 
7:30pm Annual Dinner After Dinner speaker Sir Peter Williams


Saturday 14th April

9:30am Session 9

John Dabell

Active Assessment in Maths (P)
Michael Fox   Arithmetical Almanacs And Cardboard Calendars (S, P16, G)
Bill Richardson UKMT: a look at some less widely available papers (S, P16, G)
David Crawford  It's a kind of magic (G)
Geoff Tennant 3a + 2a = 5a without apples (S)
Alan Camina and Barry Lewis 1707 and all that! (G)
 
10:45am Refreshments
 
11:45am Closing Lecture Jane Imrie
 
12:30pm Lunch
 
2:00pm Branches Committee