Maths degrees are becoming less accessible to the people who are likely to go on to become teachers.
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University maths departments are shrinking or closing.
Research tracking teachers, classes and their grades over many years shows gender bias has long-term impacts on students’ performance and their post-school study choices.
Students with expert maths teachers scored significantly higher on an international maths test than any other group. But a student’s level of advantage also affects assessment scores.
Grade 9 learners in top and lower performing schools have difficulties with the same topics in maths. This has implications for curriculum revision and for teaching.
A shortage of competent and qualified maths teachers is a key contributing factor to the low maths performance of South African school children.
Many students in Australia don’t have access to specialist teachers in science and maths, and the problem is only getting worse.
Math instruction is stuck in the last century. How can we change teaching methods to move past rote memorization and help students develop a more meaningful understanding – and be better at math?
Maths occupies an eminent place in global schooling assessment criteria not just because of its content, but for the skills that are taught and developed alongside it.
The truth behind South Africa’s decision to allow 20% as a maths pass mark in some grades is a little more complex than many have suggested.
Lack of confidence, negative attitudes and low student participation rates are just a few of the challenges maths and science teachers face.
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Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, Department of Mathematical Sciences, City St George's, University of London
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Deputy CEO (Research), Australian Council for Educational Research
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Professor Emeritus Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Associate, School of Physics, University of Sydney
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Researcher: Teacher Development and Sociology of Education, University of Cape Town
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NRF Accredited & Senior Researcher; Lead Coordinator of the South-South Educational Collaboration & Knowlede Interchange Initiative, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
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Professor in Economics, Monash University
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Mathematics Education consultant, University of the Witwatersrand
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Researcher Parliament of RSA, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
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Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education, University of Maryland, Baltimore County