Thursday, 9 February 2012

University maths 'too difficult' for British students

Universities are being forced to “dumb down” standards of maths because of the sheer number of children leaving school with poor numeracy skills, according to research.



Many institutions are “marginalising the mathematical content” of degree courses amid fears English students are incapable of the most basic sums, it emerged.

Researchers said many subjects – outside of full maths degrees – required good levels of numeracy, particularly those employing quantitative

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