Tag: maths
Kim Kardashian’s daughter North with hilarious reaction to having to take maths test
All pupils in England to study maths until 18 under Sunak’s ‘new mission’
Sunak wants all pupils to study maths to 18
Irish project to use maths to investigate how internal waves work
Understanding internal wave patterns could prove crucial to coastal engineers, oceanographers, marine scientists and climate researchers.
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Irish project to use maths to investigate how internal waves work
Understanding internal wave patterns could prove crucial to coastal engineers, oceanographers, marine scientists and climate researchers.
Read more: Irish project to use maths to investigate how internal waves work
MPs and Peers Do Worse Than 10-Year-Olds in Maths and English Sats
Across the country, 59% of pupils aged 10 and 11 reached the expected standard in the Sats tests of maths, reading and writing this year, down from 65% in 2019, the previous time the tests were taken. Detailed figures published by the Department for Education in the summer revealed disadvantaged children had a steeper fall than their better-off peers. Walker took part in the Big SATS Sit-In Westminster alongside his Conservative colleagues Flick Drummond and Gagan Mohindra; Labour MPs Ian Byrne and Emma Lewell-Buck with the Green party’s Lady Bennett to experience the high-stakes nature of the exams. More Than A Score hope the politicians will take the high-pressured experience away with them and realise that “the exams only judge schools but do not help children’s learning” at that age.
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Killarney maths team takes top prize at SciFest 2022
Three Leaving Cert students from Killarney Community College will go on to present their award-winning STEM project at ISEF 2023.
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Bringing maths into the equation to improve medical imaging
Many people don’t realise how important maths is, says University of Limerick’s Jason Curran. But he’s trying to see if it could remedy issues in medical imaging.
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