MATHS WEEK NEWS:
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- Minister Sherlock Presents John Hooper Medal Oct 20, 2011
- Minister Sherlock launches 'European Mathematics Success’ Oct 19, 2011
- Andrew Jeffrey takes Helix by Storm Oct 17, 2011
- Maths in the City Huge Success in Dublin Oct 15, 2011
- Maths Week Launch in Northern Ireland Oct 14, 2011
- Loss of an old friend of Maths Week Sep 29, 2011
- Maths Week Ireland 2011 plans underway Sep 15, 2011
Minister Sherlock Presents John Hooper Medal
Maths Week Ireland is particularly pleased that this presentation is happening during Maths Week 2011. This is an excellent initiative to encourage young people to use maths to help understand their world. The quality of the entries is excellent an the huge number (101) in the first year shows that this event will grow over the coming years to be a major event in the school calendar. It is an excellent challenge for secondary school students. Information about participating in the 2012 competition can be found here.
This prestigious medal will be awarded today (20th October 2011) to the winning project in the CSO, Central Statistics Office, competition.
The John Hooper Medal for Statistics was launched by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on the first World Statistics Day on 20th October 2010. 256 student groups in total registered for the competition from the whole island of Ireland. 101 posters, both Irish and English language entries, were received in the CSO.
The purpose of the competition is to improve students' abilities to describe their world with the help of statistics and to use statistics as a tool for making sense of daily life.
According to the CSO, the inaugural John Hooper Medal for Statistics competition was a great success this year. The CSO paid tribute to all the schools, teachers and students who took part and made the competition such a success, saying "It is heartening to see the depth of creativity, talent and knowledge displayed in the posters submitted. Congratulations to all the students who took part in the competition and submitted a poster."
The 101 posters were initially judged by a team from the CSO according to the judging criteria outlined by the International Statistical Literacy Program and 12 posters were shortlisted for the final judging phase.
| Judging Panel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Ailish Hannigan |
Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, |
University of Limerick |
| Fiona O'Callaghan | Agriculture Data/Prices Division | Central Statistics Office, Cork |
| Dr. Aisling Leavy | National coordinator for the International Statistical Literacy Project in Ireland | Mary Immaculate College, Limerick |
| John McKeon | Regional Development Officer | Project Maths Development Team, Kildare |
| Dr. Patrick Quill, | Chairman | Department of Finance, Dublin |
According to the Chair, "The panel had the difficult task to assess the shortlisted posters and pick the winners. In the interest of fairness and impartiality in both judging phases any identification of the students/schools on the posters were covered throughout the judging process."
The results of the final judges deliberations are given below:
Inaugural John Hooper Medal for Statistics 2011
Winners:
First prize and winners of the John Hooper Medal for Statistics
Students: Michael Stone, Naoise Dack
Teacher: Lesley Byrne
Belvedere College,
Great Denmark Street,
Dublin 1
Second prize
Students: Isabel O'Mahony, Alison Hennessy
Teacher: Nuala McCarthy
St. Marys High School,
Midleton,
Co. Cork
This poster will represent Ireland in the International Statistical Literacy Program poster competition in the category - students born in 1995 and younger
Third prize
Students: Aidan O' Mahony, Shane Kelly
Teacher: Eva Ní Chionnfhaolaidh
Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh Meal Sior Anraí,
Luimneach
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