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All rights reserved.\n2\nThere are 10 types of people in the world\nThose who understand binary\nThose who don’t\nThose who thought this joke was in Base 2\nThose who now think it is in Base 4\n3\n© 2023 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\nWhy do we need key concepts?\n© 2023 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\nConceptions vs misconceptions\nConceptual understanding vs performing methods\nSelecting and using vs one correct way\nAccessing GCSE questions vs not getting started\n4\nWhat are the key bits of maths needed for GCSE?\n© 2023 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\nHow to define them?\nA definition….\nThey have the greatest impact on future success\nThey underpin other concepts and ideas\nIdeally you would know them by the end of KS3\n5\nDiscussion 1\n© 2023 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\nWhat are key things to know in KS3 maths?\nThey have the greatest impact on future success\nThey underpin other concepts and ideas\n6\nDiscussion 2\n© 2023 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\nWhat do you think of my list?\n7\nWhen does the DfE think students will be able to…\n© 2023 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\nYear 3\nFind the area or volume of a compound shape by decomposing into constituent shapes. Find the perimeter of regular and irregular polygons.\nYear 4\nManipulate multiplication and division equations; understand and apply the commutative property of multiplication.\nYear 6\nUnderstand that two numbers can be related additively or multiplicatively and quantify additive and multiplicative relationships.\nYear 8\nSolve a linear equation requiring a single additive step. Solve a linear equation requiring a single multiplicative step.\n8\nA way to bring it together?\n© 2023 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\n9\nMultiplication as repeated addition\nMultiplicative inverse\nPlace Value\nMultiplication as area\nIdentity elements\n1\nzero\nReciprocal fractions\nCommutativity\na+b = b+a\na-b ≠ b-a\naxb = bxa\na÷b ≠ b÷a\nAdditive inverse\nDivision as the inverse of multiplication\nSubtraction as the inverse of addition\nInverse operations\nPowers and roots\nDistributivity\na(b+c) = ab+ac\n(a+b)(c+d) = ac+ad+bc+bd\nMultiplying and dividing by powers of 10\nMultistep Calculations\nCollecting terms\nAddition as bars\nFractions as bars\nRearranging expressions\nOrder of Operations\nSolving equations\nEquivalence\nDiscussion 3\n© 2023 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\nWhat do you think of this concept map?\nWhat are the implications for teaching and learning?\nHow do you go about teaching these concepts together over KS3?\n10\nA conclusion?\n© 2023 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\nThere’s a series of threads that run through maths.\nIf these are the key things, then we should focus on them.\nKnowing the key conceptions allows us to focus on the key misconceptions.\nJoining this up in a structured way that reveals the threads seems to make sense.\n11\nAny questions?\n12\n© 2023 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\nResources\nTake advantage of our extra resources on our website.\n13\n© 2023 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\nThe content of this training course contains no reference to future exam content as far as we know at the time of production. (Spring 2023)\nGet in touch\nOur friendly team will be happy to support you between 8am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.\nTel: 0161 957 3852\nEmail: maths@aqa.org.uk\nTwitter: @AQA\naqa.org.uk\n14\n© 2023 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.\nThank you","cbCaiic4QV5S0zEW","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiic4QV5S0zEW","pptx",4651134,15,"English","# Welcome\n# Why do we need key concepts?\n## Conceptions vs misconceptions\n## Conceptual understanding vs performing methods\n# What are the key bits of maths needed for GCSE?\n## How to define them?\n# Discussion 1\n# Discussion 2\n# When does the DfE think students will be able to…\n# A way to bring it together?\n## Concept list and key operations\n# Discussion 3\n# A conclusion?\n# Resources\n# Get in touch","[{\"question\":\"Why does the presentation focus on key concepts for GCSE?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that key conceptions have the greatest impact on future success and underpin other concepts and ideas.\"},{\"question\":\"What distinction does the presentation make between conceptions and misconceptions?\",\"answer\":\"It highlights that knowing key conceptions helps learners focus on key misconceptions, supporting more accurate understanding.\"},{\"question\":\"How are the key concepts brought together for teaching and learning?\",\"answer\":\"The material suggests there are structured “threads” running through maths and that teaching these concepts together over KS3 reveals those threads in a coherent way.\"}]","GCSE Maths Key concepts [KS3 and KS4] - read online free | PPTX",1792462584,38]