Christopher Harris

Fewer students may be choosing to study higher-level maths for the HSC because they had been taught by primary school teachers who were “maths avoiders” and developed a negative attitude toward the subject, Sydney University vice-chancellor Professor Mark Scott has said.

Scott made the comments at an Engineers Australia conference on Wednesday, an event for experts to find ways to avoid a looming shortage of professional engineers and increase the number of women enrolling in engineering degrees.

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2007 math forum audio video 

Connected Math

Discovery Math

Singapore Math

Remedial math

Madison’s most recent Math Task Force

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