Anonymous
09/05/2023 10:18
Subject: Re:College students are struggling with basic math,
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Two causes. first and predominant cause is that schools are passing everyone and doing so with As and A-s. Secondary is learning loss from COVID. A lot of kids missed out on the opportunity to learn fundamental math concepts. US math education is far behind the rest of the world.
This is such BS. In the rest of the world, by the time you get to a school like Mason, those kids would be in trade school not college. People bash the US because we don't pressure kids to leave the college track early or just drop out and our over all scores reflect it. Meanwhile kids from countries that people love to praise fall over themselves to attend US universities
It's not bs. Latest PISA test results: https://data.oecd.org/pisa/mathematics-performance-pisa.htm
Anonymous
09/05/2023 10:18
Subject: Re:College students are struggling with basic math,
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Two causes. first and predominant cause is that schools are passing everyone and doing so with As and A-s. Secondary is learning loss from COVID. A lot of kids missed out on the opportunity to learn fundamental math concepts. US math education is far behind the rest of the world.
This is such BS. In the rest of the world, by the time you get to a school like Mason, those kids would be in trade school not college. People bash the US because we don't pressure kids to leave the college track early or just drop out and our over all scores reflect it. Meanwhile kids from countries that people love to praise fall over themselves to attend US universities
NP. While what you are saying is true, I think this is actually more of a philosophical debate as to whether the US is doing right by ANY students in our efforts to NOT “track” them. The students who can’t learn math still won’t, and the kids who could learn math won’t because the resources are going towards pushing stones uphill. Who does this benefit?
Anonymous
09/05/2023 10:17
Subject: College students are struggling with basic math,
There were remedial math classes in college pre covid, too. I don't mean GMU, necessarily.
Math here is abysmal for the vast majority of Americans. Only a tiny % do very well in math.
This is what happens when you make college admissions test optional.
Math here is abysmal for the vast majority of Americans. Only a tiny % do very well in math.
This is what happens when you make college admissions test optional.
Anonymous
09/05/2023 10:15
Subject: Re:College students are struggling with basic math,
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Two causes. first and predominant cause is that schools are passing everyone and doing so with As and A-s. Secondary is learning loss from COVID. A lot of kids missed out on the opportunity to learn fundamental math concepts. US math education is far behind the rest of the world.
This is such BS. In the rest of the world, by the time you get to a school like Mason, those kids would be in trade school not college. People bash the US because we don't pressure kids to leave the college track early or just drop out and our over all scores reflect it. Meanwhile kids from countries that people love to praise fall over themselves to attend US universities
People "fall all over themselves to attend US universities" for two reasons:
1. they want to go to elite colleges like Harvard, not GMU
2. they want the job opportunities the US, which is easier to get with an education visa, so they are willing to go to a lesser university to get that visa.
Anonymous
09/05/2023 10:11
Subject: Re:College students are struggling with basic math,
Anonymous wrote:Two causes. first and predominant cause is that schools are passing everyone and doing so with As and A-s. Secondary is learning loss from COVID. A lot of kids missed out on the opportunity to learn fundamental math concepts. US math education is far behind the rest of the world.
This is such BS. In the rest of the world, by the time you get to a school like Mason, those kids would be in trade school not college. People bash the US because we don't pressure kids to leave the college track early or just drop out and our over all scores reflect it. Meanwhile kids from countries that people love to praise fall over themselves to attend US universities
Anonymous
09/05/2023 10:09
Subject: Re:College students are struggling with basic math,
Two causes. first and predominant cause is that schools are passing everyone and doing so with As and A-s. Secondary is learning loss from COVID. A lot of kids missed out on the opportunity to learn fundamental math concepts. US math education is far behind the rest of the world.
Anonymous
09/05/2023 10:05
Subject: College students are struggling with basic math,
I graduated from Mason back in 2010, we used to called it NOVA 2.0, they have some good food.
Anonymous
09/05/2023 10:00
Subject: College students are struggling with basic math,
Because county HS passes everyone. What's messed up is K-12, not colleges.
Anonymous
09/05/2023 09:59
Subject: College students are struggling with basic math,
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:whats going on?
COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE NOW TAKING 9TH GRADE MATH IN COLLEGE. EVEN SCHOOLS LIKE GEORGE MASON UNIVERISTY.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/college-students-struggling-basic-math-many-stuck-9th-grade-level-professors-blame-pandemic
This is sad. we need to stop giving everyone an A and give real grades, let's go back to giving 0's and F's when they are earned.
Well...the colleges are accepting these kids, so I guess it didn't matter for acceptance.
So, if kids that need to take 9th grade math are accepted at GMU...who the heck are they rejecting?
George Mason University admissions is selective with an acceptance rate of 91% and an early acceptance rate of 91.1%.
per google, so I am guessing 9% of the students applying...
I hear you...but then you will see posts about people so nervous about whether their kid will get accepted to GMU (and they describe their kid as 1400+ SATs...so I doubt they need to repeat 9th grade math).
I guess 9% of kids forget to include their check with the application...though I know that is not possible these days with the Internet.
Anonymous
09/05/2023 09:59
Subject: College students are struggling with basic math,
They are still recovering from the Pandemic in terms of Math learning loss.
Its not the end of the world for them, its a lot harder for the inner city kids who had NO math for 18 months because they had no computers or online learning.
Its not the end of the world for them, its a lot harder for the inner city kids who had NO math for 18 months because they had no computers or online learning.
Anonymous
09/05/2023 09:58
Subject: College students are struggling with basic math,
Isn't test optional great?
Anonymous
09/05/2023 09:56
Subject: College students are struggling with basic math,
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:whats going on?
COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE NOW TAKING 9TH GRADE MATH IN COLLEGE. EVEN SCHOOLS LIKE GEORGE MASON UNIVERISTY.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/college-students-struggling-basic-math-many-stuck-9th-grade-level-professors-blame-pandemic
This is sad. we need to stop giving everyone an A and give real grades, let's go back to giving 0's and F's when they are earned.
Well...the colleges are accepting these kids, so I guess it didn't matter for acceptance.
So, if kids that need to take 9th grade math are accepted at GMU...who the heck are they rejecting?
George Mason University admissions is selective with an acceptance rate of 91% and an early acceptance rate of 91.1%.
per google, so I am guessing 9% of the students applying...
Anonymous
09/05/2023 09:54
Subject: College students are struggling with basic math,
Anonymous wrote:whats going on?
COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE NOW TAKING 9TH GRADE MATH IN COLLEGE. EVEN SCHOOLS LIKE GEORGE MASON UNIVERISTY.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/college-students-struggling-basic-math-many-stuck-9th-grade-level-professors-blame-pandemic
This is sad. we need to stop giving everyone an A and give real grades, let's go back to giving 0's and F's when they are earned.
I'm with Fox News on this one. Let's elimate the department of education.
elimate (transitive, obsolete) To render smooth; to polish.
Anonymous
09/05/2023 09:53
Subject: College students are struggling with basic math,
Anonymous wrote:whats going on?
COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE NOW TAKING 9TH GRADE MATH IN COLLEGE. EVEN SCHOOLS LIKE GEORGE MASON UNIVERISTY.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/college-students-struggling-basic-math-many-stuck-9th-grade-level-professors-blame-pandemic
This is sad. we need to stop giving everyone an A and give real grades, let's go back to giving 0's and F's when they are earned.
Well...the colleges are accepting these kids, so I guess it didn't matter for acceptance.
So, if kids that need to take 9th grade math are accepted at GMU...who the heck are they rejecting?
Anonymous
09/05/2023 09:46
Subject: College students are struggling with basic math,
whats going on?
COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE NOW TAKING 9TH GRADE MATH IN COLLEGE. EVEN SCHOOLS LIKE GEORGE MASON UNIVERISTY.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/college-students-struggling-basic-math-many-stuck-9th-grade-level-professors-blame-pandemic
This is sad. we need to stop giving everyone an A and give real grades, let's go back to giving 0's and F's when they are earned.
COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE NOW TAKING 9TH GRADE MATH IN COLLEGE. EVEN SCHOOLS LIKE GEORGE MASON UNIVERISTY.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/college-students-struggling-basic-math-many-stuck-9th-grade-level-professors-blame-pandemic
This is sad. we need to stop giving everyone an A and give real grades, let's go back to giving 0's and F's when they are earned.