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Mar 2023
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Episode 105: The impact of STEM sentence...

The School of School
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Shakespeare’s sonnets, Accepting maths as a language, and more. In this episode, Andy and Adam are joined by Jo Sawyer, this time to look at the impact of STEM sentences and mathematical vocabulary on pupils’ understanding of mathematics. What’s a STEM sentence? Can wrong language cause long lasting damage? Plus, Jo shares how new terminology can help simplify mathematical talk, rather than make it complicated.

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