Building Creativity into your Classroom
9th March 2019, #mathsconf18, Bristol 22nd June 2019, #mathsconf19, Sheffield 21st September 2019, #mathsconf20, Edinburgh
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StartersAll four starters were taken from Puzzle of the Week. You can find them all with their solutions in the puzzle library. The four used in this session were: Puzzle 100: The Lost Timetable Puzzle Puzzle 94: The Giant's Causeway Puzzle Puzzle 77: The Computer Game Puzzle Puzzle 72: The Substitution Cipher Puzzle
Session Tasks
Task 1: Double the Area of the Triangle
Task 2: Gabriel’s Problem
Task 3: Factors and Multiples Game
References and Further Reading
Creativity: How Does it Work?
Is Mathematics T.I.R.E.D? A Profile of Quiet Disaffection in the Secondary Mathematics Classroom
What We Think And Why We Think It
How Convergent and Divergent Thinking Foster Creativity
Wired to Create: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind
Building Mathematical Creativity
Outliers: The Story of Success
The Creativity Code: How AI is Learning to Write, Paint and Think
Mathematical creativity or general creativity?
A Stanford researcher’s 15-minute study hack lifts B+ students into the As
Other Resources
NRICH Mathematical Habits of Mind
NRICH Curriculum mapping documents
Puzzle of the Week
Three Act Math
Goal Free Problems
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