#KAireland  

Camelia  Shanahan,  PhD  Student,  University  of  Limerick  Kelly  Kirkpatrick,  O’Sullivan  Founda@on  //  @MATHletes_ie  

CASE  STUDY  

Why Ireland?!

Irish  innova@ons  

Irish  innova@ons  

?

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Participation #s!

Avg  min/MATHletes:  296  (overall)  v.  2,370(Ntl  finalist)  

Easter  break  

869,100 MIN TOTAL!

334  teachers    276  schools  26  coun5es  

3,000  students  from  115+  schools  

36%  

64%  primary!

secondary!

5th class 25%

6th class 17%

1st year 22%

2nd year 27%

3rd year 9%

70%  new  to  KA  

85%  new  to  KA  

Individual v. school participation!Competed Individually! Competed w/ school!

All participants! 7%! 93%!Provincial Finalists! 17%! 83%!

National Finalists! 26%! 74%!

Gender  breakdown  

Girls!54%!

Boys!46%!

44%!56

%!47%  53%  

OVERALL!Provincial  Finalists  

Na@onal  Finalists  

1  of  5    na5onal  winners  

1/3  of  top  3  scorers  

…were  girls  

and..  

Slide: !Provincial finalists by gender!!National finalists by gender !

5th  

Boys  56

Girls  44

6th  

Boys  54

Girls  46

Boys  71

Girls  29

1st  

Boys  45

Girls  552nd  

Boys  42

Girls  583rd  

Boys  67

Girls  33 5th  

Boys  70

Girls  30 6th  

Boys  57

Girls  43 1st  

Boys  37

Girls  63

2nd  

Boys  43

Girls  573rd  

Slide: !Provincial finalists by gender!!National finalists by gender !

TREND  

P-­‐value  =  0.01  <  0.05  R-­‐squared  =  0.04  

P-­‐value  =  0.00005  <  0.05  R-­‐squared  =  0.04  

Case  Studies  

P-­‐value  =  0.0001  <  0.05  R-­‐squared  =  0.096  

Slide: !Need for external assessment pre-and-post for MATHletes 2015!

Impact!

Khan Academy Clubs!v 2.0!

KA  users  in  Ireland  2013-­‐  2014  

MATHletes  

KA user engagement - US v Ireland!(Feb-May 2013/2014 YoY)!

2x engagement YoY!

January 5th, 2015  

mathletes.ie  

2015