Maths teachers fail primary level test [timesonline.co.uk]
- Published: 14 February 2010
Primary school maths teachers are failing to attain the standard of arithmetic expected of 11-year-olds, new research has claimed.
Only 20% of the teachers tested for a Channel 4 television documentary were able to work out that the solution to 4+2x5 is 14, not 30 — multiplication takes priority over addition.
The results have led to renewed calls from business leaders for the government to improve standards of maths teaching — last year, more than 20% of pupils left primary school without reaching the expected level of maths in their Sats tests.
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