The phased introduction of the new maths course, and the corresponding exams, continues apace. This new course, called Project Maths, as anybody with the slightest interest in second level education ...

OPINION:IN AN opinion article in The Irish Times on August 29th on Project Maths, Prof Jo Boaler, a mathematical educationalist, argued students do better "when teachers cut down on content and choose ...

Students who take admission in Class XI in 2020 to be the first batch with project work in ISC maths The council decided to introduce the 20-mark compulsory project work to acquaint students with ...

MORE than 4,000 students failed Leaving Cert maths this year, but the new approach to teaching the subject has produced some promising results. Failure rates almost halved among ordinary level ...

In its third year at Junior Cert level, Project Maths develops a student's ability to use maths in further education and elsewhere in life. Here, Louise Geoghegan, Higher Level Maths teacher at Yeats ...

We hear all the time about project-based learning. But how does it really work? Of all the tools humans have ever created to help describe and understand our world, few are more useful than ...

THE broad scope of Mathematics and its far-reaching importance in life has been re-emphasised through the My Maths Buddy One Book One Learner Project. This project is an initiative by Education Africa ...

Imagine walking into a math classroom. Everything is quiet, students are diligently writing and reading and thinking. You hear the rustle of paper, scratching pens, and the occasional student shifting ...

A SCHEME to improve maths teaching in Stockton has been declared a success by the borough council. In 1997, the local education authority become one of only three in the country to join the national ...