All entries for Friday 05 June 2015

the value of maths skills?

Writing about web page http://www.theguardian.com/education

According to OECD, UK ‘would gain £2tn’ by boosting low achieving pupils’ skills

Sue Johnston-Wilder : 05 Jun 2015 23:38 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Year 7 running to algebra lessons when affective issues are addressed

Writing about web page http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ces/research/current/mathematicsresilience/ml_2015_phd.pdf

edulearn_paper_2015_submit.doc

Part of the work of Mary Lugalia is featured in this short conference paper.

Mary's PhD involved a complete year 7 cohort and resulted in girls 'running to algebra lessons'.

The complete PhD is available at

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/ces/research/current/mathematicsresilience/ml_2015_phd.pdf

Sue Johnston-Wilder : 05 Jun 2015 15:11 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem