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Liz Woodham (nee Pumfrey)

Position/Status
Research Associate

E-mail Address: emp1001@cam.ac.uk

Qualifications
MA PGCE MEd

Membership of Professional Bodies/Associations
The Association of Teachers of Mathematics
The Mathematical Association
British Educational Research Association

Profile

Following a degree in Natural Sciences and then a PGCE, I spent three years as a primary school teacher in north London before joining the NRICH team as a Primary Teacher Research Associate.

Now, as the NRICH Primary Coordinator, my main role is to work with colleagues to develop primary level materials for the NRICH website. In addition, I help to run mathematics enrichment and problem-solving workshops for teachers and pupils in schools.

I am keen to promote mathematics as an exciting, rewarding and challenging subject, and I believe passionately that NRICH offers resources for all children, not just the most 'able'.

Research Topics

Use of NRICH problems with low-attaining primary children
Use of concept maps to support 'stepping into' mathematical problem solving

Current Research Projects

NRICH Mathematics Enrichment Project

Publications

Brain Buster Maths Boxes With Jenny Murray (2006) London: BEAM Educational Publishing

Maths Trails With Jennifer Piggott Primary Mathematics, Volume 10. Issue 2 (2006) Leicester: Mathematical Association

Can you be Creative in Maths? With Charlie Gilderdale Teaching Thinking and Creativity, Issue 19(2006) Birmingham: Questions Publishing

Enriching Mathematics for Lower Attainers With Jenni Back and Bernard Bagnall Maths Coordinators' File, Issue 22 (2006) London: pfp Publishing

Pupils' Recording or Pupils Recording… With Bernard Bagnall Primary Mathematics, Volume 10. Issue 1 (2006) Leicester: Mathematical Association

NRICH Exploring Squares - Maths Posters CD With Jennifer Piggott (2006) Stockport: Virtual Image

Maths Trails Working Systematically With Jennifer Piggott (2006) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Maths Trails Generalising With Jennifer Piggott (2005) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Enriching Mathematics in the Classroom Environment With Jenni Back Conference Proceedings (2005) International Symposium Elementary Maths Teaching, Charles University, Prague.

Enriching Data Handling With Jenni Back Maths Coordinators' File, Issue 19 (2005) London: pfp Publishing

NRICHing the Numeracy Lesson With Jenni Back NPhA News (May/June 2004)

Using Non-standard Problems to Challenge Pre-Conceptions: Can they Extend Knowledge? With Jenni Back and Jennifer Piggott Conference Proceedings (2003) International Symposium Elementary Maths Teaching, Charles University, Prague.

Children's Responses to a Problem. With Jenni Back and Jennifer Piggott Primary Mathematics, Volume 7. Issue 2 (2003) Leicester: Mathematical Association.

Mouldy Maths. With Jenni Back Primary Mathematics, Volume 7. Issue 1 (2003) Leicester: Mathematical Association

Adding with the Soroban. With Jenni Back Primary Mathematics, Volume 6. Issue 3 (2002) Leicester: Mathematical Association

Art and Mathematics - Mutual Enrichment. With Toni Beardon Micro Math, Volume 18/2. (2002) Derby: Association of Teachers of Mathematics.

Enriching Fractions. With Jenni Back Primary Mathematics, Volume 6. Issue 1 (2002) Leicester: Mathematical Association