One in 12 trainee teachers dropped out of maths in high school, in a troubling trend that is crippling children’s numeracy skills. Thousands of primary school teachers are struggling to teach ...
Ian Gordon is the President of the Statistical Society of Australia, one of the bodies that commissioned the new report mentioned in this piece. Mary P. Coupland is a co-author of the report mentioned ...
When Nathan Forbes took on the role of principal at Budgewoi Public School in 2020, he recognised an opportunity to enhance the school's maths program. The school had room for improvement in maths ...
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Stephen Dinham receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Office of Learning for Teaching. There are well-recognised problems with student participation and achievement in maths and ...
A new report released by the Grattan Institute has analysed Australian students' declining maths results. The report blames "faddish and inconsistent" teaching practices and found teacher confidence ...