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This is a response to the 3.4% points dip in the number of students who passed mathematics from 58% in 2018 to 54.6% in 2019.

Convenor for the maths intensive course and Associate Professor in the Centre for Education Practise Research at UJ, Nicky Roberts says there are serious problems at the end of schooling in terms of mathematics performance. The workshop came after first year and fourth year students scored dismally in the first baseline tests which were written nationally across 26 universities.Roberts says maths learners have a challenge with Algebra. ‘Our approach to mathematics is early Algebra, which means we recognise that there is a big problem when students move from working with numbers to working with the dreaded X and Y.

 

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