Youcubed: Squares Upon Stairs
An inspiring resource for learning numeracy
Reflect on using this resource in either a school or home setting to encourage students to use proportional reasoning.
Numeracy Focus: Exploring patterns and relationships
This task challenges students to use visual/spatial thinking to show how they see the pattern growing.
Having viewed the pattern growth visually, the students are challenged to determine what the 100th case will look like.
This requires the students to bridge visual and algebraic ways of thinking, engaging two different parts of the brain.
Stage: Level 3 to 8
This resource supports:
Proficiency
- Understanding
HITS
- Metacognitive strategies
Cross-curricular
- Critical and Creative Thinking
Audience
- Teachers
Teaching and Learning Cycle:
- Teach
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Reflective Prompt
Have you used this resource or another to assist children and young people in visualising as part of teaching maths?
Reflective Prompt
Have you used this resource or another to assist children and young people in visualising as part of teaching maths?
Proficiency Reflective Prompt
How would you use this resource in your context to promote children and young people’s understanding?
Proficiency Reflective Prompt
How would you use this resource in your context to promote children and young people’s understanding?