{"id":1285,"date":"2021-07-21T15:38:48","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T14:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/computingscience\/?p=1285"},"modified":"2021-08-06T14:18:11","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T13:18:11","slug":"using-numeracy-and-mathematics-to-teach-computing-sciencecomputing-science-and-numeracy-and-mathematics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/computingscience\/2021\/07\/21\/using-numeracy-and-mathematics-to-teach-computing-sciencecomputing-science-and-numeracy-and-mathematics\/","title":{"rendered":"USING NUMERACY AND MATHEMATICS TO TEACH COMPUTING SCIENCE"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"builder-section-text_11\" class=\"builder-section-first builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-next-postlist builder-text-columns-1\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div 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