TRAINEE teachers who have taken Higher maths can still struggle with basic numeracy, the Scottish Parliament heard yesterday.
TRAINEE teachers who have taken Higher maths can still struggle with basic numeracy, the Scottish Parliament heard yesterday.
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Andrew Denholm Education Correspondent
Graham Donaldson, the architect of a major report on the future of teacher training, made the claim to Holyrood's education committee.
"In terms of what we call numeracy, as opposed to mathematics, the people who have actually attained quite highly in terms of mathematics skills, in terms of basic numeracy are not performing as well as they should be because that is not what has been reinforced and developed throughout their careers," he said.
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