Research abstract

Business Degree Programmes Lower Their Expectations Of Students’ Maths Skills

Not business as usual as many of today's college students can't even do simple math! What is going on with today's youth?

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Business degrees have dropped year 5 math classes because students are not able to pass them anymore. Students tested could not solve problems that were deemed too challenging for them. Teachers all say that the curriculum is too busy and crowded and they need to go back to the basics, so that is trying to be communicated to the people who create it. The bottom line is this issue needs to be fixed to optimize the lives of students.

Key takeaways

  1. Basic math like rounding decimal points or percentages couldn't be solved by students
  2. The drop in education levels impacting university courses not related to directly math
  3. A separate meeting will address why Australian students scores are declining in math, science and reading
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