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Rob's Sayings

Some of my sayings and some quotes I think sum up my philosophy to maths and maths teaching. You know, when you break it all down, maths is only here to help us make sense of the world.

​To the kids: You’re the boss of numbers kids – they’re not the boss of you.

You have to be mobile for maths – if you’re the teacher and you’re sitting down during a maths lesson – I presume you must be injured!

Do explicit teaching at the point of need – be amongst your students.

Take every opportunity that comes your way to do maths with the kids – and not just during official maths time – I call it maths on a plate – take it – whether it’s when they’re lining up or when you are marking the roll or any of a hundred daily opportunities – never let a chance go by.

There are only 3 rules in maths and they apply to you and the students:
Rule 1: Record
Rule 2: Record
Rule 3: Record

If you are talking maths – get to a whiteboard and turn the spoken language into symbols. If the kids are talking maths – turn their language into symbols for them or have them come to the whiteboard to do it.

Kids are smart – trust them – don’t talk so much, get out of their way and allow them to show you what they already bring to the table.

Like Literacy, Maths is a genuine process area.

Why would you tell a student something that they could work out for themselves – if you set up the opportunity.

Day after day following of a maths program “dumbs you down and dumbs the students down”.

Wherever you can, integrate maths into other areas of the curriculum – make the connections.

Maths is all about the Context.

We have an obligation to engage our kids in maths.

​“Assessment is something you do FOR kids not just TO kids”

Maths isn’t like going to the gym – it doesn’t have to hurt to be doing you good!

​The art of good teaching is knowing when to get off the stage.
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