Appendix E

“Solve on the go”

In this activity, cards like the following are displayed around the room. Each card includes a question
and an answer to a different question. Each is labelled with a letter. Students start at any card and
find the answer to the question on it. They then locate the card that has the answer they are looking
for, and attempt the question on the new card. By finding the answers to the questions, students
move around the cards, recording the letters of the cards they have visited in the order they visited
them. Checking the order when finished enables them to self-assess.

The original idea came from Treasure Hunt activities at

http://numberloving.co.uk/ (see Rees-Hughes & Derbyshire, n.d.),

B x=3 , x=−2

Solve: x 2−3 x−4