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Innovative Maths Platform Aims to Make Learning Easier for Students

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Jayne Webster, a lead practitioner at Stantonbury School in Milton Keynes, and Caroline Peters, from Cheshire, have been awarded £10,089 by the Let Teachers SHINE competition to develop their digital platform, Dynamic Representations. The platform features interactive digital versions of familiar classroom tools, such as plastic blocks and rods, to help students visualize and understand maths concepts. Jayne and Caroline's goal is to make maths less stressful and more accessible for pupils by using imagery and visual tools that pupils are familiar with from primary school.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Dynamic Representations platform aims to make maths more accessible and engaging for pupils by using digital "maths manipulatives" and visual tools.
  • The platform will be designed to help students understand numbers and how they are used in the four basic operations - adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing.
  • Dynamic Representations will also explore number patterns and structures to help students move into algebra, where they learn to solve equations and work with graphs.
  • The platform will include lesson plans, tutorials, and interactive activities to make teaching and learning maths easier to navigate.
  • Part of the project includes training for teachers to help them learn how to use manipulatives effectively.
  • The project aims to broaden its impact by training teachers from schools in the North of England and providing resources for disadvantaged schools.
  • The success of the project will be measured by its impact in the classroom and evaluated by teacher and pupil feedback.

Statistics:

  • The Let Teachers SHINE competition has been running annually since 2012, supporting a wide range of impactful initiatives that have benefited millions of pupils nationwide.
  • Jayne's project is one of nine winners to land a share of more than £175,000 this year.
  • The Dynamic Representations platform has received £10,089 from the Let Teachers SHINE competition.

Sources:

  • Jayne Webster and Caroline Peters, Winners of the Let Teachers SHINE competition
  • North of England education charity SHINE
  • The Let Teachers SHINE competition website
  • Times Tables Rock Stars
  • Hegarty Maths
  • Vocabulous
  • Boromi

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