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Introducing Mathematical Monday!
24th January 2011
Over the course of what remains of this academic year, I’m planning to run a series of blog entries that teachers can use to enrich the content that they deliver to their most able students, or those who are considering reading economics at university.
Today’s introductory Mathematical Monday resource uses some public-domain lecture notes from Essex University, in which students can work through applying simple linear equations to basic demand and supply. Students with a good grade at GCSE maths should be able to manage this part! The notes and activities then move on to macroeconomics, making use of the 45 degree line, which few teachers use now but keen and able students will manage to work it out. The notes can be found here
Ruth Tarrant
Ruth has been Subject Lead in Economics at tutor2u for many years after a career of teaching Economics, Business, Politics and Maths in a range of secondary schools. She is a highly experienced A level Economics Examiner, and also teaches undergraduate Economics on a very part-time basis at the University of Oxford. Ruth is passionate about making economics fun, engaging and accessible.