Project summary

Research summary

  • October 2018 to April 2021

RME builds on students’ informal understanding of context to generate mathematical models and a deep understanding of where mathematics comes from.

Contexts can be taken from the real world, but also from fantasy or an area of mathematics that students are already familiar with.

This project is the fourth in a programme of RME curriculum research and development that began in 2004.

Previous trials have involved the design and testing of RME materials at Key Stages 3 and 4, and post-16 GCSE resit. 

This randomised controlled trial involves more than 130 Key Stage 3 teachers and their students across England. A major component of the trial has been a professional development programme to support teachers in the implementation of the key pedagogic strategies which underpin RME.

A teacher delivering a presentation using realistic mathematics education examples

Realistic Mathematics Education

Find out more about RME, our previous research, our materials, and how you can get involved.

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