Why Canadian Students Still Can’t Do Basic Math ft. Prof Anna Stokke

About this episode

Dr. Anna Stokke discusses the challenges Canadian students face in math education and potential solutions.

Canada’s kids are being outperformed by many of their global peers in math, despite spending more than the OECD average. Dr. Anna Stokke of the University of Winnipeg tells our Michael Hainsworth that there are several factors, from discovery-based learning to lack of standardized testing, but there are solutions.

People in this episode

Host: Michael Hainsworth

Guest: Prof Anna Stokke

Topics covered

• education
• mathematics
• standardized testing
• learning methods
• global education

Keywords

• Canada
• OECD average
• discovery-based learning
• standardized testing
• global peers

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Places: Canada

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