News from 2021
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MEC celebrates success at British Psychological Society Book Award
Professor Camilla Gilmore and Professor Matthew Inglis from the Mathematics Education Centre, along with co-author Dr Silke Göbel from York University, won for their title ‘An Introduction to Mathematical Cognition’.
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New research centre will transform understanding of children’s mathematics learning
º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ is to receive over £8m funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), part of UK Research and Innovation, to establish a new Centre for Early Mathematics Learning (CEML)
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Centre for Mathematical Cognition technical tutor nominated for prestigious Papin Prize
A technician in the Centre for Mathematical Cognition has been nominated for a 2021 Papin Prize, which is dedicated to celebrating technical excellence and innovation in higher education and research.
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Lack of math education negatively affects adolescent brain and cognitive development
Adolescents who stopped studying maths exhibited greater disadvantage - compared with peers who continued studying maths - in terms of brain and cognitive development, according to a new study.
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Teachers could be over or underestimating the effectiveness of education studies because of how they are presented
The way that some education studies are presented could give teachers unrealistic expectations about what they might be able to achieve in the classroom, according to new research.
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Academics awarded £93k to develop novel board game that aims to improve children’s numeracy skills
Could a board game aimed at counting be the solution to improving numeracy in the classroom.