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TL1: Why should I teach this series of lessons?
One of the teachers who helped developed the case wrote this vignette. She supported two of her colleagues who taught the lessons to their Year 9 classes by workshopping with them before lessons and facilitated discussion after the lessons.
This series of lessons is an exciting way for pupils to explore the use of some mathematical skills. It is designed so that the pupils have some opportunity to identify and develop the skills they need to help them solve the problem. When teaching this series of lessons, teachers have found that the pupils have been extremely engaged with the problem and that it generated some very interesting discussions. As discussions are not common in a mathematics classroom, the teachers found this a refreshing change to the way they run their classes. Some teachers have suggested that this series of lessons could be used to identify the mathematical and ICT skills that pupils have and which ones they need to work on. This series of lessons offer a great deal of variety for the pupils and the teacher. It will help the pupils see the value of mathematics in their lives, as a tool to solve a variety of problems that they encounter.