"Instead of looking for the abstract we can start to get into graphical representations much quicker and it saves the students quite a lot of time as well."
"Students can explore a lot more, they can change their variables easily, they might plot the graph to try to look at a relationship before then trying to do it algebraically and kind of look at it that way around."
Don’t tie maths lessons to ‘when the computer room is available’
"It lets them play around with it so much, and very quickly get an answer to something that is maybe beyond their current skill set"
Keep them more engaged by enabling them to change the questions and look at what happens when altering certain elements
In tests at Hamstead Hall Academy students achieved on average 10 marks higher marks with the CG50
Answer checking boosts confidence
Graphing provides new ways to understand and visualise maths
Allow students to learn at their own pace in class
Don’t tie maths lessons to ‘when the computer room is available’
