Very interesting and informative report from the Sutton Trust around how opportunity for students is affected by location, gender, background. Was surprised by some of the trends shown in the report. Would recommend anyone in education in the UK reads this www.suttontrust.com/our-research...

Crossing Paths - The Sutton Trust

How gender, ethnicity, and place shape opportunity.

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Saw something recently about AI making an incorrect quadratic graph. Gave me an idea to use AI to create "common sense" check questions. Students often don't check if their answer makes sense. I try to embed this in my teaching, this will help. Started with quadratics #mathstoday shorturl.at/Y7jfq

I asked Gemini to make a pre-req check for eqns of horizontal/vertical lines, starting with plotting coordinates. Gave back some questions I wouldn't have thought of. Will be great discussion/thinking questions for my group. Finding lots of use for AI as a partner to plan lessons. #mathstoday

Some start of Y13 content algebra revision/check for understanding resources I have used that may be useful for others. Functions, Partial Fractions, Modulus. Worked solutions given by clicking the questions. sites.google.com/rodingvalley... #ALevelMaths #mathstoday

I wrote a post about a way I've been trying this year to help engage students with abstract ideas within Maths. It may give you some ideas for your lessons. open.substack.com/pub/harryzaf... #MathsToday #ukmathschat @mathsjem.bsky.social

Providing Context to the Maths We Teach

In this post, I share some ideas on how we can get students to engage with abstract ideas in Maths.

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Used Gemini to create a few MWB checks for when I introduce partial fractions to Y12 on Monday. Happy with what I got back. I find I save a lot of time using AI for A-Level Maths tasks. PDF versions here drive.google.com/drive/folder... #MathsToday #ALevelMaths

Practice Paper 2H Edexcel (a bit ahead of schedule) Expect foundation tomorrow evening (hopefully) www.1stclassmaths.com/_files/ugd/9...

Looking for additional GCSE Maths revision materials? Check out our common topic papers 👇 🟢 Edexcel: buff.ly/KtY6vdP 🟣 AQA: buff.ly/83S2MoJ 🟠 Eduqas: buff.ly/6sbh0Rq 🟡 OCR: buff.ly/ts9RWWR 🔴 WJEC: buff.ly/1i0CRa9 ⚫ Edexcel IGCSE: buff.ly/e6Bdu4j

New! My 196th gems post. Ideas, updates and resources for maths teachers. 💎 www.resourceaholic.com/2026/02/5-ma... Hat tips to follow. #mathstoday #ukmathschat #alevelmaths

Ever wanted to annotate on a Desmos file? I have a new free tool that allows you to do just that! Useful for #MathsToday www.interactive-maths.com/desmos-annot... @mathsjem.bsky.social @studymaths.bsky.social @themathsbazaar.bsky.social @colleenyoung.bsky.social @suzannerelou.bsky.social

Looking for simple to use, customisable axes or graph paper? I've made a couple of tools for this. Designed to be printed or pasted into PowerPoints etc. The snipping tool (win+shift+s) is your friend. mathsbot.com/printables/g... mathsbot.com/printables/a...

I wrote a post on how I've been thinking about scaffolding maths lessons recently, using AI to help reduce the workload. May be useful for other maths teachers #MathsToday open.substack.com/pub/harryzaf...

Scaffolding a Mathematics Lesson, with Help from Artificial Intelligence

I explain how I scaffold a lesson on the topic of finding the nth term of a linear sequence, using AI to help with the process.

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I wrote a post on how I've been thinking about scaffolding maths lessons recently, using AI to help reduce the workload. May be useful for other maths teachers #MathsToday open.substack.com/pub/harryzaf...

Scaffolding a Mathematics Lesson, with Help from Artificial Intelligence

I explain how I scaffold a lesson on the topic of finding the nth term of a linear sequence, using AI to help with the process.

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Teaching Vectors to Y12 tomorrow. Wanted to break down some of the individual skills into short activities as a scaffold/ to support fluency. Generated these activities to display after the explanation. Very impressed with what Gemini has generated #MathsToday #ALevelMaths

Just getting to grips with building a website so excuse the state of it But i've built this Graph Theory Key Terms connect the dots using vibe coding (thanks @harryzafar.bsky.social for all of your work in this area). About 50 mins worth of work. www.mrchapmanmaths.com/blank-3 #MathsToday

New! My 195th Gems post. 💎 Ideas, resources and updates for maths teachers. www.resourceaholic.com/2026/01/5-ma... Hat tips to follow. #ukmathschat #mathstoday

It's been a while since I shared this, but if anyone has recently joined Bluesky and is looking for people to follow who teach/post about A Level Maths (and post-16 Maths education), you might find this useful: go.bsky.app/znERv2 If you post about these things and would like adding, let me know 😊

I just created this using your advice. Wow! I am blown away! I also added the new grid option too. Thank you. 😊 🙏 😊

In #MathsToday I've been using the OAT Maths resources to teach Circle Theorems to year 11. Finding them fantastic for scaffolding and supporting student understanding The maths Conf session back in June from @jemmaths.bsky.social was a great introduction to using the resources

Thanks for posting the steps. I tried it out and created a Google Site to drop the html into so that I could share a like on a Google Classroom. sites.google.com/gnspes.ca/ca...

I am still finding it incredible how quickly AI can produce high-quality questions for my lessons. These are fantastic for displaying on the board and clicking to reveal answers as students work, a few at a time. Took 2 mins to make and they sequence exactly as I wanted! #MathsToday

I wrote a post about one of the ways in which I've been using AI as part of my lessons. It may be worth a read if you're interested in creating tailored resources for your Maths lessons open.substack.com/pub/harryzaf... #MathsToday #ukmathschat

Using Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Mathematics Resources

AI in the Secondary Mathematics classroom

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I've written a second post on using AI in the Maths classroom to aid student learning, this time in generating checks for understanding. May give you some useful ideas open.substack.com/pub/harryzaf... #MathsToday #ukmathschat @mathsjem.bsky.social

Using Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Mathematics Resources: Checks for understanding

I will share some ideas on how I have found AI can support in checks for understanding in the secondary Mathematics classroom.

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Some new resources for Scatter Graphs/Regression for GCSE Statistics. Uploaded to mathboardwalk.com Made them as part of experimenting with AI to generate worksheets, all quality checked. #GCSEStatistics #MathsToday

A belated Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁 Some new resources added today: ✨ Generating formulae from words match-up ✨Quadratic formula problem in context practice grid Find them both at www.draustinmaths.com/algebra #UKMathsChat #MathsToday

Some schools do a test at the end of every topic. For some, this can mean 10 tests a year, not including end of year. This may be trying to game the testing effect, but this isn't increasing outcomes as much as you may think. We test three times a year. open.substack.com/pub/joel1201...

More Testing ≠ The Testing Effect: What is the Testing Effect?

The Testing Effect enhances long-term retention through retrieval practice, not frequent testing. Completing more tests doesn't mean you'll get the testing effect.

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Haven't made anything for GCSE Stats for a while. Thought I'd try experimenting with AI worksheet generation for Spearman's Rank. Happy with the result! drive.google.com/file/d/1WjB0... #GCSEStatistics #ukmathschat #MathsToday

Been finding it helpful to get GCSE coverage of topics easily (as quick recaps) with AI-generated questions, rather than snipping from various sources. Pythagoras example here The flexibility, for example, of asking for one question to be changed in a certain way is great #MathsToday #ukmathschat

New! My 194th gems post. Ideas, resources and updates for maths teachers. 💎 www.resourceaholic.com/2025/12/5-ma... Hat tips to follow. #mathstoday #ukmathschat #alevelmaths

I wrote a post about one of the ways in which I've been using AI as part of my lessons. It may be worth a read if you're interested in creating tailored resources for your Maths lessons open.substack.com/pub/harryzaf... #MathsToday #ukmathschat

Using Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Mathematics Resources

AI in the Secondary Mathematics classroom

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