Subject Leaders' Day November 2009 MPA skills and PLTS

Here is the PowerPoint presentation I delivered at the Subject Leaders' Day in Urchfont on November 23rd 2009. It relates to the connection between MPA skills and PLTS. Follow the link to the PowerPoint at http://www.wiltshire-ast.co.uk/media/maths-documents/index.php

Matching MPA skills to PLTS

I have spent a little time trying to match up commonalities between PLTS headings and MPA skills. I still find the MPA headings a little vague so have used the nRich site to help. They have a great mapping document which shows how all of their rich tasks tie in with MPA processes and with maths content. In their processes map they expand a little on the MPA phrases, see my other post for the link to the MPA map that I have now updated to include their expanded phrases. I have now made a document in Word which takes the six PLTS headings, breaks them down by using the information from the DfES site (how maths can help deliver the PLTS) and then allocates each of the expanded MPA skills to one of these areas. I hope that you will see that the PLTS and MPA skills are largely aiming at the same development in student ability and that by helping students improve in these areas that they will be better learners as well as better mathematicians. The Word document is in the usual place: http://www.wiltshire-ast.co.uk/media/maths-documents/index.php

MPA map with nRich clarification

I have adapted the MPA map from the standards site so that the phrases used are a little more understandable and so that we can find exemplification of each one. I have done this by using the nRich process mapping spreadsheet, taking their titles from each of the MPA categories and allocating these to the phrases used on the original MPA map. So, if you look at the adapted map I have made at http://www.wiltshire-ast.co.uk/media/maths-documents/index.php you will see that each "node" refers to the phrases used on the nRich process mapping spreadsheet (http://nrich.maths.org/curriculum) and this spreadsheet has hyperlinks to activities that they say cover that skill. Hope that makes sense.