{"id":4738,"date":"2014-11-13T12:24:19","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T11:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/ajb\/?p=4738"},"modified":"2014-11-13T12:24:19","modified_gmt":"2014-11-13T11:24:19","slug":"poor-maths-skills-in-welsh-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/ajb\/2014\/11\/13\/poor-maths-skills-in-welsh-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Poor maths skills in Welsh Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/59\/Flag_of_Wales_2.svg\/800px-Flag_of_Wales_2.svg.png\" alt=\"flag of wales\" width=\"200\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top\">Schools watchdog Estyn says too many pupils struggle with the basics of mathematics and maths skills were &#8220;at best, average&#8221; in more than half of schools inspected in Wales last year.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The mathematics skills and the teaching methodologies  in Welsh schools seems to be a continuing source of worry.<\/p>\n<p>The attitude that it is okay to not be good at basic mathematics needs to change. There is some social acceptability in being poor in mathematics. I am sure that  when English teachers, lets say at a party, explain that they are English teachers are not met with a funny look and the response &#8220;I hated English at school and I cannot read or write&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Link<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-wales-30030988\" title=\"BBc News\" target=\"_blank\">Concerns over pupils&#8217; maths skills at half of Welsh schools<\/a> BBc News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schools watchdog Estyn says too many pupils struggle with the basics of mathematics and maths skills were &#8220;at best, average&#8221; in more than half of schools inspected in Wales last year. The mathematics skills and the teaching methodologies in Welsh schools seems to be a continuing source of worry. The attitude that it is okay &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/ajb\/2014\/11\/13\/poor-maths-skills-in-welsh-schools\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Poor maths skills in Welsh Schools<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/ajb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/ajb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/ajb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/ajb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/ajb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/ajb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4738\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/ajb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/ajb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/ajb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}