Resources for Teachers

Essential resources are:

Topping, K. J. & Bamford, J. (1998) The Paired Maths Handbook: Parental Involvement and Peer Tutoring in Mathematics. London : Fulton; Bristol PA : Taylor & Francis

Topping, K. J. & Bamford, J. (1998) Parental Involvement and Peer Tutoring in Mathematics and Science: Developing Paired Maths into Paired Science. London : Fulton; Bristol PA : Taylor & Francis

Schools participating in the pilot received a substantial draft resource pack including a teacher coordinator's manual, masters to photocopy, and samples of supplementary materials available free of charge on request in any quantity to meet the school's needs. At the end of the pilot programme, the manual was updated in the light of practical experience, and a video to accompany it was made in pilot schools. The video contains three programmes: an introductory programme including testimony and insights from practising teachers who have been involved, a programme demonstrating training and group and individual activity with Maths Games, and a programme demonstrating training and group and individual activity with Duolog Maths. All of these resources then formed the Problem Solving with BP Resource Pack.

A DVD is available at a nominal charge (£15 + £5 p&p). Order from the Centre for Peer Learning, School of Education, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, tel 01382 383000, email k.j.topping@dundee.ac.uk. Payment by cheque is required with the order.

The coordinator's manual may also be viewed from the Contents list below. Schools may copy and paste this material into a word processor and reformat and edit it to suit their own purposes.

  1. Introduction
  2. Maths Games
  3. Organising Parental Involvement
  4. Peer Tutoring Using Games: Case Study
  5. Duolog Math: Method
  6. Organising Peer Tutoring
  7. Duolog Math: Case Study
  8. Evaluation
  9. References
  10. Reproducibles