Re: 11-plus grammar
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:56:23 GMT, the Omrud
<usenet.omrud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Roland Hutchinson wrote:
the Omrud wrote:
Wife is a maths teacher - she has noted that the ability to solve
written maths problems has gone down over the last 25 years. Â Most
people can do sums if they are written as sums, but children are no
longer taught to solve written problems, as we were in the 60s.
If we are ever attacked by a phalanx of leaky bathtubs, we will be in big
trouble.
Not while you and I are still alive.
Leaky bathtubs: Potential musical instruments?
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foot trench.
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Peter Duncanson, UK
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- Re: 11-plus grammar
... written maths problems has gone down over the last 25 years. ... Most people can do sums if they are written as sums, but children are no longer taught to solve written problems, as we were in the 60s. ... but it is also true that some questions are written better than others (20 plus years ago I worked in an exams board in a job that partly involved weeding out poorly written questions). ... My first stab at visualising the required scenario was to have the first pile as 3x3x1 and the next pile either as 3x3x2 or as any configuration that produced another step one brick high, but then I pretty well gave up. ...
(alt.usage.english) - Re: 11-plus grammar
... written maths problems has gone down over the last 25 years. ... people can do sums if they are written as sums, ... written better than others (20 plus years ago I worked in an exams board ... any configuration that produced another step one brick high, ...
(alt.usage.english) - Re: 11-plus grammar
... written maths problems has gone down over the last 25 years. ... Most people can do sums if they are written as sums, but children are no longer taught to solve written problems, as we were in the 60s. ... My first stab at visualising the required scenario was to have the first pile as 3x3x1 (one brick high) and the next pile either as 3x3x2 or as any configuration that produced another step one brick high, but then I pretty well gave up. ...
(alt.usage.english) - Re: 11-plus grammar
... the Omrud wrote: ... written maths problems has gone down over the last 25 years. ... people can do sums if they are written as sums, ... If your message looks like spam I may not see it. ...
(alt.usage.english) - Re: 11-plus grammar
... Roland Hutchinson wrote: ... written maths problems has gone down over the last 25 years. ... Â Most ... people can do sums if they are written as sums, ...
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