Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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Absolutely. Finally, I just wanted to ask Mr. Irwin about what approaches he thinks should be used in the area of problem-solving. I was a teacher for 12 years and I could honestly say this was always an area that many students had difficulty with, even students who were quite positive towards maths. We had strategies in the teacher training colleges such as reading the problem three times and underlining keywords and all the rest of it but it is still an issue with many children.