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Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Maths Subject Knowledge: Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages
National STEM Learning Centre
This course was designed for teachers of mathematics and related subjects, drawing upon the UK maths curriculum for students aged 11-16 years. This course enabled learners to develop their subject knowledge of fractions, decimals and percentages. Learners explored common misconceptions, discussed teaching approaches and practised weekly problem exercises. This course included an end-of-course test.
6 weeks, 3 hours per week
Steve Lyon
Mathematics Subject Specialist
National STEM Learning Centre
Michael Anderson
Mathematics Subject Specialist
National STEM Learning Centre
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Identify why students find the concept of fractions demanding.
- Develop strategies to enable students to demonstrate their understanding, and use, of fractions.
- Explore the links between fractions, decimals and percentages and become fluent in their application in differing contexts.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the mathematical structure and not just teach the ‘tricks’.
- Solve mathematical problems in context.
Syllabus
- What is a fraction? The importance of considering the ‘whole’
- Multiplying fractions, decimals and percentages
- Adding and subtracting fractions, decimals and percentages
- Dividing with fractions and decimals
- Problem solving with percentages
- Application of fractions, decimals and percentages across the wider curriculum
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Issued on 18th January 2021
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