NSW Maths experts say curriculum is faddish and shallow
Advertisement Dozens of maths professors and teachers have warned a draft plan to fix the “unambitious” national maths curriculum will make it worse, devaluing basics such as times tables and introducing vague, untested fads. In an open letter to the national curriculum authority, the mathematicians point out ambiguity, shallowness - there is no mention of key algebraic terms - and errors in the draft, such as asking students to investigate Fibonacci patterns in shells, which “simply do n...
Double Bay New South Wales Greg Ashman Allan Dougan Fay Ligonis Australian Association Of Mathematics Teachers
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