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Associate Prof Ton Than, former Head of the Mathematics-Informatics Department of the Vietnam Institute of Educational Sciences, says that teacher training methods in mathematics studies remain ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. Australian students’ maths abilities have been compromised over decades as a result of “faddish, unproven” teaching methods that have ...

A Grattan Institute study has found that not only are Australia's students struggling with maths, but many teachers lack the confidence to teach it even at a Year Six level. The institute has called ...

Teaching methods are the broader techniques used to help students achieve learning outcomes, while activities are the different ways of implementing these methods. Teaching methods help students: ...

Seven standout schools have been commended for exemplary maths teaching, with a new research ­report urging principals not to “wait for others to act” on numeracy skills. The new guide for principals ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Australia has been too slow to rule out “faddish but unproven” maths teaching methods in schools despite persistent underperformance and ...

Imagine you’re a character in a math problem. You have three platters, but two cakes. All three platters need to have the same amount of cake. How would you split it? Without even saying the word ...