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Anita Straker


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Home Maths Pupil's, Talking Points in Mathematics, Home Maths Ages 11, Home Maths Answers, Maths Workshop

Anita Straker CB, OBE, is a British educationalist. After teaching maths at schools, she became a school inspector. From the Department of Education, she pioneered computers in schools.

In the 1980s, she wrote the educational games Martello Tower and Merlin's Castle for the BBC Micro. In the 1990s, she designed the National Numeracy Strategy for primary school children in the UK.

Straker has been honoured with the CB and the OBE. She has written several maths textbooks.

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Anita Straker Wikipedia