Catherine Attard received a grant from Financial Literacy Australia in 2014 to investigate the use of financial literacy education to improve student engagement with mathematics in primary schools ...

The Nesin Mathematics Village in western Turkey was dreamed up by award-winning mathematician Ali Nesin to engage his ...

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In an ever-changing world, education must adapt to prepare children for the challenges of the 21st century. In a society where calculators and digital technologies are ubiquitous, mathematics ...

In the popular Malayalam movie Spadikam (Glass Prism, 1995), Chacko Maash (Master Chacko, played by late thespian Thilakan) says in Malayalam: “Bhoogolathinte Spandanam Thanne Mathematicsilaanu” (the ...

Too often, the focus, when it comes to teaching maths, is on what the student must do: be more consistent, practise more, be more disciplined. But rarely do we ask: what more can the teacher do?

“There has been limited interaction with the science of learning with key domains, particularly mathematics and mathematical cognition and learning,” according to the report from the Centre for ...

But universities are boosting teachers’ skills through new short courses – and are calling for support to rapidly expand them to tackle the nationwide issue. News Corp has this week launched the third ...

AMERICA HAS a maths problem. Its pupils have ranked poorly in international maths exams for decades. In 2018, American 15-year-olds ranked 25th in the OECD, a club of mostly rich countries. American ...

“I’ve had my mates say, ‘What’s it going to be like when you score?’ I said, ‘What do you mean? I’m still running to the stand and celebrating, I don’t care if it’s empty or not!’ It’s a competitive ...