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