The proportion of Leaving Cert students who secured top grades in higher level maths has declined this year. It follows heavy criticism over the level of difficulty in the maths paper one, which many ...
Analysis: There's no doubt that bonus points are driving the uptake of Higher Level maths, but the initiative has had unintended consequences In Ireland, the proportion of students opting to complete ...
Chris Brignell is Deputy Director of the Observatory for Mathematical Education, which is supported by a founding grant from XTX Markets Ltd. Stephen Lee is a Senior Research Fellow at the Observatory ...