Theme editorial: Mathematics in science
Issue 360 | Page 14 | Published Mar 2016
Description
Mathematics in science has been given greater prominence in recent curriculum and specification changes. Yet teachers have long been concerned about the difficulties their students experience when transferring what they learn in their mathematics lessons into the science classroom.
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