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Tom Bennison

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Maths teacher in a sixth form college

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Tom Bennison @drbennison.bsky.social · Sep 7

#ALevelMaths please get involved in helping to produce some A-Level transition matrices for AQA A-Level maths.

Tom Bennison @drbennison.bsky.social · Sep 7

Thanks to those who have sent data already. To hopefully make it easier to submit your prior attainment and @aqaeducation.bsky.social Maths A-Level Grade please use the file linked here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pdqqh... DM me for instructions on when to send it. Hoping to share beginning of November.

Tom Bennison @drbennison.bsky.social · Sep 7

Thanks to those who have sent data already. To hopefully make it easier to submit your prior attainment and @aqaeducation.bsky.social Maths A-Level Grade please use the file linked here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/pdqqh... DM me for instructions on when to send it. Hoping to share beginning of November.

Tom Bennison @drbennison.bsky.social · Sep 2

Yes they did. I have also contacted them. We were told it would be on the website on the 1st September - my reading of the calendar is that today is the second...

Tom Bennison @drbennison.bsky.social · Aug 18

Excellent. Thanks Sam! Given the variability in grade distributions for the exam boards I’m wondering if there is something we can see in the transitions for different exam boards.

Tom Bennison @drbennison.bsky.social · Aug 18

Who is up for this? #ALevelMaths #MathsToday

Tom Bennison @drbennison.bsky.social · Aug 18

Ideally I’d like to obtain data from people who have cohorts doing the great AQA Maths A-Level and Further Maths A-Levels. If you could send me anonymised data that has the A-Level Mark, and associated average GCSE Points Score and GCSE Maths grade (ideally also the gcse board) I will collate data.

Tom Bennison @drbennison.bsky.social · Aug 18

Inspired by the great previous work of @kerrydunton.bsky.social and because @themathsbazaar.bsky.social is only looking at progression to Edexcel A-Level maths I’d like to produce some transition matrices from GCSE to @aqaeducation.bsky.social Maths. I’m hoping to collect enough data to be useful

Tom Bennison @drbennison.bsky.social · Aug 18

This is quite exciting! I wonder how much use it will be in typical delivery routing situations

Tom Bennison @drbennison.bsky.social · Jul 6

@drtrapezio.bsky.social didn’t realise you were on here Luciano! Good to see you. How’s things?

Tom Bennison @drbennison.bsky.social · Jul 6

Lovely drinks!! Really nice to have the chance to catch up properly @mathsjem.bsky.social

Jo Morgan @mathsjem.bsky.social · Jul 1

Drinks with @drbennison.bsky.social after the AQA Maths Expert Panel meeting

Tom Bennison @drbennison.bsky.social · Jun 24

I’ve gone with Dusty Rose this year and got the embossing. I’m very very excited to start using it in a week!!
Love a matching pen loop too obviously.

Tom Bennison @drbennison.bsky.social · Jun 23

Catch all get out for any mathematical definition!

Tom Bennison @drbennison.bsky.social · Jun 23

I definitely want to be getting a copy as soon as possible!

Tom Bennison @drbennison.bsky.social · Jun 22

October 11th I think. Harris Academy St John’s Wood

Tom Bennison @drbennison.bsky.social · Jun 22

Sadly not. I heard you were doing a session - wish I could be there.

Tom Bennison @drbennison.bsky.social · Jun 22

You going to the London one?

Tom Bennison @drbennison.bsky.social · Jun 21

Well I think it was you I saw anyway :S

Tom Bennison @drbennison.bsky.social · Jun 21

Haha I thought exactly the same. I was going to at the end whilst I was talking to Nilam but then you had gone and I couldn’t see you :(

Tom Bennison @drbennison.bsky.social · Jun 21

Good fun delivering today - even though it wasn’t as I had planned! Thanks @blatherwicksam.bsky.social for lending a laptop when mine wouldn’t display on the board.

Complete Mathematics @lasalleed.bsky.social · Jun 21

#MathsConf38 Period 3 has started!… Workshops from:

@taylorda01.bsky.social
@mrmattock.bsky.social
@mrtaylormaths2.bsky.social
@aqaeducation.bsky.social
@mr-man-maths.bsky.social
@drbennison.bsky.social
Paul Rodrigo

Tom Bennison @drbennison.bsky.social · Jun 20

I think I’d say that is non-converging. I suspect our accepted definition probably depends on who taught us analysis at university and who taught them etc. definitions are often problematic. Like the definition that is used for increasing sequences at A-Level!

Tom Bennison @drbennison.bsky.social · Jun 19

I always tell my students (there’s an occasional one who tries it) not too as I don’t think it is accepted in exams anymore. Interesting to see it used in an IB paper.

Tom Bennison @drbennison.bsky.social · Jun 19

Huh?!

Tom Bennison @drbennison.bsky.social · Jun 18

Thanks to @jowoodmaths.bsky.social I’ve corrected a misread of my own notes when I typed up my Paper 3. Question 10 should read as shown below. Corrected paper here: drbennisonmaths.com/Practice_Pap... #ALevelMaths

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Tom Bennison @drbennison.bsky.social · Jun 18

Bonus warmup grid for AQA Level 2 Further Maths this morning. Hope it is helpful to those of you with students doing it. I’ve planned the questions based on what was already on Paper 1.. drbennisonmaths.com/Warmup_Grids...

Tom Bennison @drbennison.bsky.social · Jun 17

Question 11 is a bit scary. Give me a sec and I will check question 10 :)