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The new core maths qualifications: A welcome opportunity, but what is their place in the curriculum?

We are approaching the end of a three-year project, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, investigating the successes and challenges of core maths (CM), a set of post-16 qualifications introduced in...

Is educational research evidence-based?

One issue raised in the debate over evidence-based policymaking and practice has been what should count as evidence. I was prompted to think further about this by a recent paper in the British...

Language counts when learning mathematics with interactive apps

Educational maths apps are increasingly popular in young children’s early learning experiences. When available in multiple languages, maths apps can offer the opportunity for learning in the...

Learning from variation

BCF Curriculum Investigation Grant Research Reports

How can variation theory can be applied to the use of manipulatives to support understanding of early number? This report makes an important contribution to the existing literature on how to teach...

Practitioner Research in Mathematics Education (PRiME)

Online registration has now closed. If you want to attend this event, please email events@bera.ac.uk for details of how to register onsite. The aim of the Practitioner Research in Mathematics...

What is ‘variation’ in early years mathematics?

As we near the end of our year-long project into what effects five- and six-year-olds’ ability to count-on when adding, here we reflect upon our journey. What led us to this topic was the recent...

Experience, represent, apply (ERA): A heuristic for digital engagement in the early years

Presenting a powerful new mechanism for encouraging play-based learning that reflects a more up-to-date and holistic view of technology use in the early years.

Alison Clark-Wilson

Principal Research Associate

I am a former secondary school mathematics teacher who now works as a Principal Research Lead for the ERDF-funded EDUCATE Project at the UCL Knowledge Lab, UCL Institute of Education. I lead the...

Colin Foster

Reader in Mathematics Education

Dr Colin Foster is a reader in Mathematics Education in the Department of Mathematics Education at Loughborough University and the Immediate Past President of the Mathematical Association....

Natthapoj Vincent Trakulphadetkrai

Lecturer in Primary Mathematics Education and Director of Research Communications

Dr. Natthapoj Vincent Trakulphadetkrai is a Lecturer in Primary Mathematics Education and Director of Research Communications at the University of Reading’s Institute of Education. His research...

Phonological processing and mathematical achievements: A new look at the gender gap in mathematics

Phonological processing refers to an individual’s sensitivity to the sounds of a language, and the capacity to use these sounds to decode linguistic information. It is noted that phonological...

Curriculum is – or should be – at the heart of educational practice

New forms of national curriculum emerging worldwide have shifted the focus from input regulation – detailed specification of content to be taught – to output regulation – evaluation of the...