There is considerable concern regarding the introduction of Project Maths at the senior cycle in September 2010. All students entering fifth year at that stage will be ill-prepared for this major ...

The phased introduction of the new maths course, and the corresponding exams, continues apace. This new course, called Project Maths, as anybody with the slightest interest in second level education ...

Engineers Ireland has called on industry to act to get students more interested in maths. The move from the engineering body comes in the wake of a survey of 253 members of the Irish Maths Teachers ...

Leaving Cert results to be released today indicate that the controversial new Project Maths syllabus is failing to boost student maths skills. It is not helping students achieve honours grades in the ...

MORE than 4,000 students failed Leaving Cert maths this year, but the new approach to teaching the subject has produced some promising results. Failure rates almost halved among ordinary level ...

Since its introduction in 2008, Project Maths has been presented as the major initiative to improve student interest and achievement in the subject. However, the study for the Department of Education ...