Functional maths starters. Functional Skills and 2010 GCSE's To thrive in an economy defined by innovative application of knowledge, we must do more than absorb and feed back information.
Learners and workers must draw on their entire spectrum of learning experiences to apply what they have learned in new and creative ways. Diploma and it's Pedagogy QCA/08/3908. 25 Starter Ideas.pdf. Sit down, stand up.pdf. Mental Imagery. Almost all of mathematics could be described as ‘mental’ in the sense that engaging in a mathematical task involves thinking.
Thus every mathematical problem a pupil tackles must involve several stages of mental mathematics. Pupils actively involved in mental mathematics might be engaged in any combination of: interpreting, visualising, analysing, synthesising, explaining, hypothesising, inferring, deducing, judging ,making decisions & justifying. NRICH Starter Problem Selection.