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The first NRICH version was called ‘Consecutive Sums’. A poster of this version is at: [http://nrich.maths.org/7999 http://nrich.maths.org/7999] | The first NRICH version was called ‘Consecutive Sums’. A poster of this version is at: [http://nrich.maths.org/7999 http://nrich.maths.org/7999] | ||
'''Background''' | '''Background''' | ||
This is an investigation that can be used in a large number of ways with pupils of all different levels of attainment and prior experience. It can be used in group work, as a whole-class task or individual work. | This is an investigation that can be used in a large number of ways with pupils of all different levels of attainment and prior experience. It can be used in group work, as a whole-class task or individual work. | ||
'''Recommendation''' | '''Recommendation''' | ||
I like moving between episodes of individual work, group work and whole-class discussion, because this allows | I like moving between episodes of individual work, group work and whole-class discussion, because this allows pupils to have their own ideas, but also to benefit from sharing these, both explaining them to others and listening to other people’s explanations. If the teacher wants the class to produce individual work, pupils could then either decide whether to continue with their own original course and ideas or ‘borrow’ someone else’s approach. An alternative is for the groups to produce a combined piece of work linking all of their ideas together. | ||
'''Introduction to the task/One teacher's experience of this lesson''' | '''Introduction to the task/One teacher's experience of this lesson''' | ||
