Count On is a major mathematics education project in the United Kingdom which was announced by education secretary David Blunkett at the end of 2000. It was the follow-on to Maths Year 2000 which was the UK's contribution to UNICEF's World Mathematical Year.[1]
Count On had two main strands:
Popularisation of Mathematics
editCount On and Maths Year 2000 were some of the first big Popularisation of Mathematics projects. Others are listed below.
International
edit- World Mathematical Year 2000 [1]
- Statistics 2013 [2]
- World Maths Day (orig. Australian) - next one is 6 March 2013 [3]
Australia
editIndia
editIreland
editNigeria
editSpain
editUnited Kingdom
edit- Maths Year 2000 Scotland
- Maths Cymru (Wales)
United States
edit- Steven Strogatz's blog [9]
References
edit- ^ English pupils lag behind in maths, BBC News, 5 December 2000.
- ^ "My Media: Kate Scarborough", The Guardian, 31 July 2006.
- ^ "Deputy logs on to £100,000", Times Educational Supplement, 18 January 2002, archived from the original on 5 October 2012, retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ^ "No doubt about it - we're addicted to maths", Times Educational Supplement, 19 January 2001, archived from the original on 5 October 2012, retrieved 24 July 2011.
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