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Maths Week Ireland:Promoting mathematical literacy,
throughout and beyond education
Cordula Weiss, Eoin Gill, Sheila DoneganMaths Week Ireland, Waterford Institute of Technology
Conference on Research in Mathematical Education in Ireland
11 October 2019
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Calmast STEM Engagement Centre
Waterford Institute of Technology’s STEM Engagement Centre
Maths Week Ireland: Maths for all
Founders: Dr Sheila Donegan & Eoin Gill
with partners across Ireland
Vision: to develop, promote and nurture
a positive attitude towards maths and its
applications in everyone
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Maths Week Ireland
Maths Week is Ireland’s biggest STEM festival and the biggest festival of its kind in the world:
400,000 participated in 2018
And you can put your school on the map too!
Register now: www.mathsweek.ie
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Ireland’s most famous
Oscar Wilde
Samuel Beckett
James Joyce
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Maths in Ireland?
Let’s put them on the map!
William Hamilton Gabriel Stokes George Boole
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Maths Week posters
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Maths in Merrion Square
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Maths in Merrion Square
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Maths in Merrion Square
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STEMreach Problem Solving
6 week sustained engagement modular programme
Primary & secondary schools linked with industry and
3rd level education
Peer learning: 15 year olds work with 11/12 year olds
Increase students’ enjoyment of problem solving.
Increase their confidence in problem solving.
Improve their problem solving abilities.
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Impact on secondary students
+ 54 % + 42 % + 17 %
confidence in problem solving
ability of problem solving
enjoyment of problem solving
And 48 % of secondary students believed that their communication skills had improved.
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Impact on primary pupils
+ 33 %
attitudetowards problem solving
confidence in problem solving
And 88 % of primary pupils believed that their problem solving ability had improved.
+ 19 %
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STEMreach Problem Solving
Solve a classical puzzle and develop strategies
Create a physical model of the puzzle
Present this to primary pupils in Puzzle Fair
Work out problem solving strategies with primary pupils
Secondary students take ownership and are responsible for
the learning outcome. They…
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Towers of Hanoi
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Königsberg Bridges
The old town of Königsberg has 7 bridges.
Can you take a walk through the town, visiting each part of the town and
crossing each bridge only once?
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Maths Week: Maths for all!
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Maths Week: positive attitude
More Positive No Change Less positive
% % %
signs of enjoying the subject 83 17 0
more able pupils’ attitudes 82 18 0
less able pupils’ attitudes 71 29 0
attitudes to finding mathematics hard 55 44 1
appreciating the value of being mathematical 65 35 0
viewing maths as more than just passing tests 85 15 0
coping with getting stuck 59 41 0
helping each other 87 13 0
seeing the value of mathematics for its own sake 69 31 0
working with others 86 14 0
keeping on task 71 29 0
2018 Teachers survey: 96 respondents
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Maths Week 2019 is happening now
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Upcoming events
The Maths of climate change and weather forecasting
Dr Alan Hally, Met Éireann
14 October, 7-8 pm, National Library of Ireland
New ways of doing sums
Dr Peter Lynch, UCD (Prof emeritus) and Irish Times columnist
16 October, 7-8 pm, National Library of Ireland
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Upcoming events
Mallow Maths & Science Fair 12 October, 11.30 amMallow GAA
Maths in the Parlour 14/15 October, 1-3 pmDublin City Hall
Maths in the City (Dublin) 19 October, 12-4 pmCollege Green (BOI) Dublin
Celebration of Mind 20 October, 12-4 pmNational Botanic Gardens Dublin
Maths for all the family
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Share your Maths Week story
Register on www.mathsweek.ie
Share your maths story and get in touch: #IUseMaths
mathsweek
mathsweek2019
mathsireland
http://www.mathsweek.ie/
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Thank you! Go raibh maith agat!
50 partners
1,500 schools
400,000 participants