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DrFrostMaths.com Homework Platform – written 25th April 2016 In a Nutshell As part of my website DrFrostMaths.com, I am developing a new system which will allow students to take online assessments on topics across the national curriculum (and beyond), either as homework set by a teacher or for more informal practice. Teachers can manage students’ accounts and monitor their progress. The system has a number of features which distinguish it from existing systems, including greater capacity to accept algebraic input, and automatic differentiation in homework that stretches the most able whilst allowing weaker students to maintain practice of more standard questions. What is DrFrostMaths? DrFrostMaths.com is a library of maths resources created by me. These comprise of PowerPoints, worksheets for lessons/revision along with other activities, and cover the National Curriculum from Years 7-11, along with most of the A Level modules. There is significant push for enrichment and most exercises include difficult extension questions, often from UKMT Maths Challenges and Olympiads. In addition, there are resources for running maths enrichment club, the ‘Riemann Zeta Club’ for example with its own scheme of work and comprehensive materials designed for preparing for university entry and maths competitions. The resources are popular, with 105,000 downloads on the Times Educational Supplement website since August 2015 and 31000 unique users between January and April 2016 on my own site. I was featured maths author of the month in the Times Educational Supplement (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/blog/tes-maths-featured-author-collection) and am soon to be interviewed on a TES podcast. The head of TES’ Maths Panel, Craig Barton, described my site as “his find of 2015”. New design of DrFrostMaths.com (design not yet live). The design uses a ‘responsive design’ model, meaning the layout adapts depending on the size of the screen, and thus is optimised for viewing on all devices, including tablets and mobile phones.