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24th Sept: Forget the Maths Gene: Ovidiu Bagdasar's Mission to Help Everyone Enjoy Maths
In this week's episode, Tim Burnett chats with Professor Ovidiu Bagdasar, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Derby and founder of the Numeracy Without Borders initiative. They discuss:
How well-designed, randomised e-assessment with instant feedback helped Ovidiu tackle maths anxiety and lift pass rates on his module from 85% to 90%, and to 97% for students who completed the full programme
Why falling maths performance in PISA may be driven not only by COVID disruption but by teaching to the test and an over-reliance on AI shortcuts
How Numeracy Without Borders is bringing free…
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