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Maths GCSE's

TheCatWoman

More people have passed thier GCSE's this year than last, well done them. But I was anazed at how many students are doing resits, maybe three or more times and still not passing the required grade. Apparently the more times you try the less likely you are to pass, this says to me that theres something wrong with the way these students are being taught, or they have an undiagnosed learning difficulty? I couldn't pass a GCSE at grade C which was the pass mark then I think they've changed from 1 -5 or something now.

How we all at maths?

How do you think it could be taught differently or better?

Are to many children not being picked up with learning difficulties and do we expect maths to be difficult and allow some children to fail? It seems that difficulties with reading and writing are picked up quite young, why not with maths?

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  • A pass is a level 4. So anyone getting levels 1,2 and 3 don't count as a pass. The resit system is ridiculous. If everybody was capable of getting a level 4 then levels 1,2 and 3 wouldn't need to exist. Some people's brains aren't wired for maths, they have strengths in other areas. A lot of the stuff that is taught for maths GCSE is to be honest, not necessary. The problem is not necessarily the way these kids are taught (although it can be) or that issues aren't being picked up early enough but an issue with a 1 size fits all system that doesn't suit all kids. Maths GCSE isn't the right thing for everybody yet the government expects them all to get a 4, it's nonsense. 

    The improvements to be able to teach it the way that would suit these learners is to take away the expectations for them to get a 4 at GCSE and be able to teach them at the level that they are.

    Maths difficulties can be more complex than other learning difficulties. It takes up a lot of different parts of the brain. We also don't seem to be as good at diagnosing dyscalculia than we are dyslexia so that could be a part of it 

    Personally I am quite good at maths. Certainly much better at that than I ever was at a subject like English. I like the fact it is right or wrong. I struggled with interpreting books and writing creatively and similar skills needed for English.

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  • A pass is a level 4. So anyone getting levels 1,2 and 3 don't count as a pass. The resit system is ridiculous. If everybody was capable of getting a level 4 then levels 1,2 and 3 wouldn't need to exist. Some people's brains aren't wired for maths, they have strengths in other areas. A lot of the stuff that is taught for maths GCSE is to be honest, not necessary. The problem is not necessarily the way these kids are taught (although it can be) or that issues aren't being picked up early enough but an issue with a 1 size fits all system that doesn't suit all kids. Maths GCSE isn't the right thing for everybody yet the government expects them all to get a 4, it's nonsense. 

    The improvements to be able to teach it the way that would suit these learners is to take away the expectations for them to get a 4 at GCSE and be able to teach them at the level that they are.

    Maths difficulties can be more complex than other learning difficulties. It takes up a lot of different parts of the brain. We also don't seem to be as good at diagnosing dyscalculia than we are dyslexia so that could be a part of it 

    Personally I am quite good at maths. Certainly much better at that than I ever was at a subject like English. I like the fact it is right or wrong. I struggled with interpreting books and writing creatively and similar skills needed for English.

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