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Podcast: The Bunker – News without the nonsense
Episode: Sum find it tough: Why we struggle with maths
Description: Rishi Sunak believes everyone should learn maths until the age of 18, but not everyone agrees. Tim Oates, director of research at Cambridge University Assessment, talks to Ros Taylor about why some of us find maths so hard, why girls still underestimate their ability, and how good teaching makes a difference.
“Some research says that we should see maths as a language, a foreign language. If you come to that learning late it becomes harder.
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