Algebra and logarithms

[El Cid]

A thorough understanding and ability to use iambic pentameter is an essential skill in over 80% of occupations.

 

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I was talking to a friend today, he is quite bright, but could not help his 15 yr old daughter with some maths homework, some difficult stuff. But then when he looked at some of her other work, she had got 7x7 wrong

Edited March 6, 2015 by El Cid

[Tommo68]

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Originally Posted by tzijlstra

It is time that curricula are no longer controlled nationally, certainly not by the government. Rather than rely on standardised national exams and the like, kids should leave school with a portfolio that can be assessed by potential employers, further education institutes and so on. The criteria for assessment should be set by professional associations and further education institutes and kids should be thought how to put together their own skills portfolio and take responsibility for doing so.

 

Part of those portfolios can be GCSE type exams for things like maths and English, other parts should be left to the kids and teachers. All this nannying is just interfering and obstructing the learning process.

 

 

Making it nearly impossible for universities to compare candidates as they won't have done a standard curriculum and even the grades in common subjects won't be equivalent.

 

Also if we did not have a national curriculum any child moving from one school to another could potentially find it very difficult to catch up to catch up in some subjects and virtually impossible in some others. It could certainly prove very detrimental to all but the most able students.

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[truman]

 

Also if we did not have a national curriculum any child moving from one school to another could potentially find it very difficult to catch up to catch up in some subjects and virtually impossible in some others. It could certainly prove very detrimental to all but the most able students.

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Do all schools teach the same part of the curriculum at the same point in the school year..?

[Cyclone]

They're certainly obliged to teach the NC, I think it dictates a lot of the order that things are taught in as well.

[El Cid]

Do all schools teach the same part of the curriculum at the same point in the school year..?

 

I know teaching swimming is in the NC but its not always taught, certainly not always with success.