Making maths relevant to real life for students with learning differences

For young people who find maths challenging, the prospect of spending hours every week stuck inside a maths classroom can be a daunting prospect. The same teaching approach which seems to work for everyone else, the same activities which don’t really quite make sense, the same feeling of failure which can begin surprisingly early in the year – it can all add up to a learning experience that is negative, demoralizing and destined to fail.   For some young people, there is a good argument to turn