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Maths clearly not NUT leader's strong point
Perhaps it’s just as well that Christine Blower, the £140,000-a-year general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, keeps out of the classroom these days. more...
Parents multiply kids' maths fears
PARENTS are unintentionally sending wrong messages about the importance of maths and often feel uncomfortable helping kids with the subject, an educator says. more...
Tributes to 'inspirational' former Blackburn maths teacher
TRIBUTES have been paid to a 'great and inspirational' maths teacher, who has died from cancer. more...
Brain stimulation maths boost link
Applying high-frequency electrical noise to the brain can boost maths skills up to six months later, say Oxford University researchers. more...
Maths challenge tests students' logic and numeracy skills
QUEEN Elizabeth Sixth Form College in Darlington recently teamed up with Greenfield Community College in Newton Aycliffe to create a series of school house challenges at Greenfield. more...
Olympian Sarah encourages teens to test maths on high seas
DOUBLE Olympic gold medallist Sarah Ayton from Weymouth is urging teenagers to test out their maths skills on the high seas. more...
Struggling with maths? Plug in to improve
By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Applying painless but targeted electrical stimulation to parts of the brain that play a role in number manipulation may in future be a way to help people who struggle with maths, scientists said on Thursday. Researchers who experimented with a type of brain stimulation called transcranial random noise stimulation (TRNS) found that in less than a week it ... more...
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