Recently heard the phrase ‘protective factors’ used in relation to children continuing to enjoy and achieve in maths. It’s stuck in my head as v useful and want to attribute it correctly. Was it from either of your work on KS3 Dr Laurie Jacques (she/her) David Thomas?

So glad this paper is finally online! We found no differences in math anxiety across overt and covert timing conditions but students reported higher math anxiety on complex problems compared to simple problems.

Calling all primary teachers: by next Wed, submit your ideas to the exciting Maths Horizons rapid review of maths, feeding into the Francis Review. This is a group of people who will do some great thinking and can really influence maths for the better. Please contribute!