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Dyscalculia, maths anxiety and numerophobia in nursing practice
Health, Sports & Psychology

Dyscalculia, maths anxiety and numerophobia in nursing practice

...maths anxiety and numerophobia, but they can be reassured that effective support is available...Mathematical ability is an essential skill in nursing practice. Nurses and Nursing Associates must be able to correctly work out relevant calculations in order to be safe and effective practitioners. The main example from clinical practice would be drug calculations, but nurses...
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Everyday maths video: "From zero to hero"
Science, Maths & Technology

Everyday maths video: "From zero to hero"

When is it too late to start learning maths again? Watch this video in which one of our students tells her own maths success story!...Click here to download the transcript
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Additional efforts: Why we need to be better at maths
Education & Development

Additional efforts: Why we need to be better at maths

...maths - and the suggestion that only smart people can be good with numbers is holding a lot of us back...How many times have you heard people say “I’m not good at maths”? Perhaps you’ve said it yourself. Often people make the statement with pride, almost implying it’s “cool” to be bad at maths. Imagine if the same number of people claimed “I’m not good...
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Does maths offer a better model for multi-candidate elections?
Science, Maths & Technology

Does maths offer a better model for multi-candidate elections?

First past the post - the tradition in UK general elections - isn't a great way to deliver the most agreeable result. Cristoph Borgers suggests we make it less of a horse race...[Horses leave the starting gates during a race] Last November, Maine voters approved, by a slim majority, a ballot initiative to adopt a voting system called “instant runoff.” This system has...
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Everyday maths: using our visual skills to navigate a data and image-rich world
OpenLearn Ireland

Everyday maths: using our visual skills to navigate a data and image-rich world

...believing - or can it help with maths as well? Complete this interactive activity to find out how to use your visual skills to help you estimate and make calculations...[A photograph of a man sitting on a cliff. In the distance, there is a lighthouse. This is the banner image for the activity.] Select the image above to start the interactive activity, or click this link....
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Sounds harmonious
Science, Maths & Technology

Sounds harmonious

...can be applied to pretty much everything in existence, and music is of no exception. Across this album, The Open University's Alan Graham shares his wealth of knowledge on the relationship between music and math, demonstrates many easy-to-follow theories and examples, and performs several pieces of traditional music with his band Betty's Kitchen. This material forms part...
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Online mathematics discovery centre
Science, Maths & Technology

Online mathematics discovery centre

...maths with our free learning resources - including courses, videos and games...Mathematics is important across many disciplines: science, medicine, engineering, technology, communications, AI and Big Data, finance, economics and more. It is a fundamental tool enabling us to analyse and comprehend the world around us, and to solve some of the most urgent problems facing...
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The Wizard of Oz: From Fractions to Formulas
Science, Maths & Technology

The Wizard of Oz: From Fractions to Formulas

Maths in movies has often been used creatively as a method by which to engage students in formulas and numerical theory. The 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz features a maze of potential mathematical problems – not least the Scarecrow’s incorrect pronunciation of Pythagoras’ theorem. Presented by The Open University’s David Brannan and Phil Rippon, ‘From Fractions to...
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