@stapeslr Profile picture

Laura Staple

@stapeslr

🦞Educating Lobsters blogger 🦞Assistant Head of Maths in an international school in SG🦞incredibly passionate in my belief that anyone can smash maths 🦞

Joined May 2009
Similar User
Evo Hannan - UK Design Challenge #D4SDGsUK25 photo

@EvoHannan

Adam Hill photo

@AdamHillEDU

Veronika Marenco photo

@VeronikaMarenco

Naomi Toland photo

@naomi_toland

Dr. Shannon H. Doak photo

@DoakShannon

Donna Guerin photo

@dlguerin1

Josh Damon photo

@JunglistJosh

Elaine Reyna photo

@flamingo1130

Run and Rant PLN photo

@runandrant

Fabiola Jordan photo

@FJordan_CI

Donna Maccaroni photo

@DonnaMaccaroni

⚛️ JoshieG 🔬 photo

@JoshieG9

Pinned

Being part of #EEConQuest by #Empathetic_Educators with @naomi_toland @mindfulmissg was an absolute treat! Loved being able to connect & talk about #eduwellbeing #mentalhealth 🎥 Watch it here.. youtu.be/f84sBIFpZvo 📖 Or read my latest blog educatinglobsters.co.uk/post/mental-he…

Tweet Image 1
Tweet Image 2

Laura Staple Reposted

This is a mathematics joke.

Tweet Image 1

Laura Staple Reposted

Algebra 1 teachers! I've made @openmiddle Depth of Knowledge matrices to show how a single problem can replace an entire worksheet in Algebra 1. Download it now here: robertkaplinsky.com/depth-of-knowl… #iteachmath

Tweet Image 1
Tweet Image 2

Love this. I’d maybe add in after notice, try to fit something mathematical I already know before use relationships bit. Love it 🫶🫶🫶

Anyone want to chime in on this graphic that is intended to show how one might "learn" math on your own? Think about mathy people wandering around the world before (much) formal education existed..... @ProfSmudge @watanabeKSU @pippinsboss @kennedy_tierney @dmarain @SmartJacques

Tweet Image 1


Laura Staple Reposted

Math. A mathematician emerges from a cave, hands you the the slip of paper below, and says "Is it true that a dart thrown at the real number line would never hit a rational number?" What is your response?

Tweet Image 1

Love a cheeky little maths puzzle to get thinking 🧠 going… Exponents and logs are definitely properly challenging my 12s atm! #everyonecansmashmaths


Laura Staple Reposted
Tweet Image 1

Laura Staple Reposted

Do you know why a negative divided by a positive equals a negative? If not, find out in 30 seconds.


Absolutely fascinating thread. Thanks @C_Hendrick The world of pedagogy is full of false dichotomies, no absolutes and it’s beautifully confusing!!! Probably the reason I love it.. you are never done knowing how to teach!

A thread summarising my talk at #rED23 yesterday on the challenges of applying the science of learning in the classroom 🧵

Tweet Image 1


Laura Staple Reposted

As far back as the 1890s William James cautioned against thinking you can apply the principles of psychology straight into the classroom. However, without an understanding of how the brain learns, planning instruction is suboptimal. I think these two positions encapsulate the…

Tweet Image 1

Laura Staple Reposted

What's your favorite T move? 💃 (Idea via educator @Principal_PeteJ) #TeacherLife

Tweet Image 1

Laura Staple Reposted

The three types of empathy are all important in their own ways. #empathy #LeadershipDevelopment

Tweet Image 1

Laura Staple Reposted

🎄Day 5 of our Advent Giveaway 🎄 Today it is a leadership themed giveaway with books from @MaryMyatt and @johntomsett and @JonnyUttley To win this brilliant bundle of prizes: ✨Follow us ✨Like this tweet ✨Repost this tweet ✨Tag a friend We will pick one lucky winner.

Tweet Image 1
Tweet Image 2
Tweet Image 3

Absolutely love this blog post.. I think #1 is so common amongst Maths teachers as so much teaching of Maths used to be mimicking and not thinking! You’re so right that we tend to see all the shiny stuff on social media. Thank you for sharing @robertkaplinsky

A big problem in education is that teachers keep their insecurities to themselves for fear of being judged. I wish it wasn't that way. So, I wrote a list of my 10 biggest educator insecurities and hope it'll make it easier to talk about. robertkaplinsky.com/ten-things-im-… #iteachmath

Tweet Image 1


Laura Staple Reposted

Important reminder! 🙌 🌐 teachergoals.com

Tweet Image 1

Laura Staple Reposted

T @RBMSCarty uses these sentence stems to kick-start robust classroom discussions! What's one conversation starter you might add to the list?

Tweet Image 1

Love this - definitely a technique I’m going to start next week thank you @tbmb62997 🫶🫶🫶

Start by asking for a definitely wrong answer. Kids love coming up with nonsense answers and it sometimes helps with buy-in to the actual problem. Kids who struggle in math are so used to getting wrong answers sometimes starting with this helps them relax.



Laura Staple Reposted

New TikTok video: Did you know you can divide across fractions?


👏 👏 👏

Did you know? 🤔 When 9th-grade students wrestled with math problems to find their own solutions before receiving instruction, their comprehension nearly doubled, compared to students learning via direct instruction only. Read the study: bit.ly/3S8b144

Tweet Image 1


Facts! Love this 🫶🫶

Young people don't hate math. They hate feeling like it's outside their possibilities. How do you build a community of welcomed confusion?



Loading...

Something went wrong.


Something went wrong.