bodmas blog

Simple metaphor, cross platform, open source

The new Ubuntu release is easy to install and use and provides a good desktop experience. I like it.

Students mark incorrect answers: they avoid making the same mistakes

If you do, then read Learning styles and pedagogy in post-16 learning
A systematic and critical review by Frank Coffield, David Moseley, Elaine Hall and Kathryn Ecclestone.

I’m trying a visual way of introducing those reverse percentage story problems that go like this: “Fred has had a pay rise of 10% and now earns £22000. What were his wages before the pay rise”.