What is wrong with maths today?

Now playing: Chair introduction: maths event

(15 May 2013, 4:32)

Bene’t Steinberg, Group Director – Public Affairs, Cambridge Assessment, introduces event 'It doesn't add up: what's wrong with maths?'

Chair introduction: maths event

Event' What is wrong with maths?'

Now playing: Case study film

(15 May 2013, 7:46)

This short film below captures the views of practitioners on the benefits of a maths education and how maths skills are core to our understanding of other subjects and integral to the vitality of a modern economy.

Case study film

The benefits of a maths education

Now playing: First panel debate

(15 May 2013, 37:07)

Panel debate on 'Numeracy, arithmetic, maths – what age and at what stage?' featuring: Lynne McClure, Project Director – NRICH; Lynn Churchman, Trustee – National Numeracy; Jennie Golding, deputy chair – Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education (ACME); and Tim Oates, Group Director of Assessment Research and Development – Cambridge Assessment.

First panel debate

Numeracy, arithmetic, maths – what age and at what stage?

Now playing: Audience discussion with panel

(15 May 2013, 24:58)

Audience discussion with panel: Lynne McClure, Project Director – NRICH; Lynn Churchman, Trustee – National Numeracy; Jennie Golding, deputy chair – Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education (ACME); and Tim Oates, Group Director of Assessment Research and Development – Cambridge Assessment.

Audience discussion with panel

Numeracy, arithmetic, maths – what age and at what stage?

Now playing: Second panel debate

(15 May 2013, 23:56)

Panel debate on 'Making maths relevant' with: Charlie Stripp, Chief Executive – MEI and Director – National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics; Mark McCourt, Chairman – Teacher Development Trust, CEO – Beluga Learning; Janet De Wilde, Head of STEM – The Higher Education Academy.

Second panel debate

Making maths relevant

Now playing: Audience discussion with panel

(15 May 2013, 20:59)

Audience discussion with panel: Charlie Stripp, Chief Executive – MEI and Director – National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics; Mark McCourt, Chairman – Teacher Development Trust, CEO – Beluga Learning; Janet De Wilde, Head of STEM – The Higher Education Academy.

Audience discussion with panel

Making maths relevant

Now playing: Technology and maths

(15 May 2013, 42:28)

Chaired by Dr Christine Binns, Mathematics Mastery Curriculum Development Lead, ARK Schools, a viewpoint debate on whether technology is changing maths for the better featuring Conrad Wolfram, Founder – Computerbasedmath.org, and European CEO – Wolfram, and Tony Gardiner, British mathematician.

Technology and maths

Viewpoints from Conrad Wolfram and Tony Gardiner

Now playing: Closing remarks

(15 May 2013, 0:51)

Bene’t Steinberg, Group Director – Public Affairs, Cambridge Assessment, closes event 'It doesn't add up: what's wrong with maths?'

Closing remarks

Event' What is wrong with maths?'

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What is wrong with maths today?

Now playing: Chair introduction: maths event

Chair introduction: maths event

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Case study film

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First panel debate

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Audience discussion with panel

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Second panel debate

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Audience discussion with panel

Now playing: Technology and maths

Technology and maths

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Closing remarks