NCEA Numeracy – a looming disaster
Weaving was the Big Idea of NCEA Numeracy, but it's starting to unravel...
Tag: NCEA
NCEA – where less is more
Our national secondary school examination system actually rewards students for doing less work. It’s better to fail to try than to try and fail.
MCAT (Mathematical Crisis, the Awful Truth) 2016
A systemic failure in mathematics education is playing out before our very eyes.
Analysis of the 2016 MCAT Exam (Day 2)
So just how different or difficult was the exam?
Show your working – it really helps
“Show your working” is a common request in high school maths exams. Yet, in the…
What have we Achieved?
We have a spat between our tertiary engineering schools and our secondary schools/NZQA. It's time…