 Students who take higher-level maths in a bid to get bonus points for college are at risk of being out of their depth, a major new report warns. (Irish Independent Article linked below)
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 Ramsgrange Community School Teacher James Meaney had the honour of presenting the closing session at Maths Counts 2016 in UCD April 23, 2016.
The Maths Counts National Conference for all maths teachers is taking place this weekend in Friday 22 and Saturday 23 April. Congratulations to Wexford teachers Julie Duggan and Olive McGuinness from Coláiste Bríde Enniscorthy and James Meaney from Ramsgrange Community School whose Reflections on Practice work on teaching theorems through structured problem solving being presented at the conference. (Click on picture below to download the Conference Brochure)   More students than ever are sitting the higher level maths in the Leaving Certificate, the new Project Maths syllabus, not necessarily due to it being either innovative or student-friendly, but because of the lure of the 25 bonus CAO points introduced in 2012. (Irish Independent Article linked below) http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/education/leaving-cert-higher-level-maths-needs-double-the-class-time-34622288.html
UCD Maths Support Centre have created Videos to support LC students. Click on the link here to check them out. http://www.ucd.ie/msc/leavingcertificatevideos/  900 students across Wexford taking part in maths challenge.  |
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