My work was recently featured in the Globe and Mail, Canada's largest national newspaper. "MEET THE INNOVATORS: There is much debate about how to change Canada’s postsecondary education system so that today’s graduating class is better equipped for..
My work was recently featured in the Globe and Mail, Canada's largest national newspaper. "MEET THE INNOVATORS: There is much debate about how to change Canada’s postsecondary education system so that today’s graduating class is better equipped for a dramatically changing economy. While the debate is ongoing, individual innovators are making the changes they say are much needed. From making a degree relevant, to changing the way students are taught, . . . : These are the people making a difference. Innovator profile: Sherry Mantyka witnessed too many students entering university without basic arithmetic skills. They passed high-school math, and had strong enough grades to earn a place in university, yet much was missing in their math skills. Dr. Mantyka is Director of the Mathematics Learning Centre, Memorial University, where her remedial math program, dubbed an "intervention program," employs a psychological element. Dr. Mantyka, in consultation with cognitive psychologists, designs teaching paradigms consistent with brain behaviour to develop better learning behaviours. Students who pass her remedial program do better not only in their math courses, but their language courses as well. Further, their graduation rate from university is 240 per cent better than those who don't complete her program."
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