American 13-year-olds continue to struggle academically in the wake of the pandemic, especially in mathematics, according to official data out Wednesday. The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), a project that has been monitoring test scores since 1969, tested students in late 2022, finding reading and math scores significantly dropped compared to late 2019. Average
  • stravanasu@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Not few first-year bachelor science students here in Norway cannot add fractions (say, 7/5 + 3/25). They use geogebra to do the addition. I find it extremely alarming.

    At the same time I don’t know what should be “obvious” knowledge anymore. For example, I was taught the algorithm to calculate square roots, but nobody teaches it anymore, and I don’t use it either; I always use the calculator for that.