Is the UK鈥檚 'superficial' maths teaching style making us fall behind?
According to Andreas Schleicher of the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development, children in the UK are falling behind in maths, due to a 鈥榮uperficial鈥� teaching style based on memorising facts, rather than understanding mathematical concepts.
Mathematician and co-author of Maths for Mums and Dads, Rob Eastaway thinks that 鈥済ood ways of teaching are problem solving and real world context.鈥�
When teaching 9 and 10 year olds he uses maths and magic, playing number games with the children which makes them 鈥渆xcited鈥hey want to know how, explore and investigate鈥�.
This clip was originally from 5 live Drive on Monday 14 March 2016.
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