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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2020 17:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; We all have a Number Sense but what you may not fully appreciate is that this Number Sense is [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2020 12:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[stephen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2020 09:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Calculators, Help or Hindrance to Mathematical Education? By Maths Grinds</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Feb 2020 18:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When I was a JC student (Irish middle school) we were not allowed to use a calculator in class or [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[stephen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Feb 2020 18:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In 2019 the two tier exam system for JC  Science (Junior Cert &#8220;Middle School&#8221; Science Exam) in Ireland was replaced [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>What Does &#8220;This is a hard course&#8221; Really Mean. By Maths Grinds</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2019 13:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Project Maths: Hacking our way to a better PISA placing By Maths Grinds</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2018 22:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll put my cards on the table from the start, I&#8217;m not a fan of the Project Maths Syllabus (the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>GNIB Bot By Maths Grinds</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[stephen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 15:48:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As a teacher of international students I am aware of the need among my students to visit GNIB (Garda National [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>No safe level of alcohol consumption? By Maths Grinds</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[stephen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2018 12:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today both RTÉ and BBC are reporting the results from an interesting study. They are reporting the findings as &#8220;No [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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