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 […]
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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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 […]
