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Mathletes Khan Academy Challenge for Irish Schools is Back

Mathletes is back, the competition for Irish schools using the online teaching resource Khan Academy. Last year, 3,862 students spent 955,210 minutes on mathematics exercises and videos: here’s a breakdown on participation by county. This year there is a new 2-league format to encourage previous participants while attracting newcomers. Khan Academy builds maths mastery over […]

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Khan Academy Maths Learning Sweeps Ireland

We interviewed Sean O’Sullivan earlier this year as he was launching Mathletes, the Maths competition for Irish schools which uses the Khan Academy online learning games. It went on to become a big success, as this video shows:     Related articles Online maths teaching tool tailored to suit Irish curriculum Sean O’Sullivan launches €20k Mathletes […]

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Sean O’Sullivan launches €20k Mathletes Challenge for Schools [Video]

Dragon’s Den investor  Sean O’Sullivan has launched a competition for Irish schools which he is funding to the tune of €20,000 to develop competitive mathematics skills in Irish youth.  The programme will use material from the Khan Academy, and further details are available at mathletes.ie. I caught up with Sean on Tuesday evening as the […]

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