Education Endowment Foundation:Schools recruitment opens for ​‘real-world’ maths teaching trial

Schools recruitment opens for ​‘real-world’ maths teaching trial

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Schools Week’s John Dickens covered our new trials on their website today

Teaching pupils real-world” maths skills like estimating the cost of gas bills will be tested under new trials to gauge if they improve maths results.

The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has today announced six new trials to find out how best to raise attainment.

One of the trials will evaluate the Maths in Context programme – which teaches children maths in real-world” scenarios, such as calculating the interest on a bank account.

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