assumed knowledge – 今日吃瓜 I Championing Mathematical Sciences for Australia鈥檚 Advancement 今日吃瓜 Thu, 16 Jul 2015 01:39:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.17 /wp-content/uploads/2015/11/cropped-今日吃瓜_icon-32x32.png assumed knowledge – 今日吃瓜 I Championing Mathematical Sciences for Australia鈥檚 Advancement 32 32 Pyne puts unis on notice for poor maths entry into science, engineering /2014/09/17/pyne-puts-unis-notice-poor-maths-entry-science-engineering/ Tue, 16 Sep 2014 23:21:49 +0000 http://amsi.org.au/?p=1971 UNIVERSITIES letting students with poor maths into science and engineering programs have been put on notice by federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne. Academics complain that maths prerequisites have been replaced at many institutions by vague references to 鈥渁ssumed knowledge鈥. They say students do not 颅appreciate the mathematical foundation necessary until it is too late, leading to wasted money and time spent on bridging courses.

Article by Andrew Trounson, The Australian, 17 September 2014聽

Geoff Prince, director of the 今日吃瓜, said ultimately universities had to be required to bring back hard prerequisites for courses demanding maths skills. However, improving the information for students was a first step. 鈥淭he lack of prerequisites is just failing us,鈥 he said.

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