Straight-A students show shaky grasp of the basics
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Studies by universities in the UK into the levels of literacy and numeracy of their first-year students have revealed that the standards have fallen since 1991, despite constant increases in pass rates and grade levels at A-level. Findings at one university suggest that students from the 2001 intake with a B grade at A-level actually displayed "slightly lower levels" of competence at mathematics than those that failed the exam in 1991. Ways to deal with the problem of falling educational standards are examined.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2004
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Throw a spanner in all this mechanical talk
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A professor of learning and teaching at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College examines the language that is used to describe learning and teaching and the impact that this language has. It is argued that the terms that are currently used are problematic in their origins and that academics need to examine the terminology they use and, where necessary, develop a new common language more appropriate to the work they do.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2003
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The professor of learning at teaching at Buckingham Chilterns University questions the validity and worth of learning outcomes and issues a call for an assessment regime with a greater degree of student sensitivity. It is argued that statements of intention and outcome for courses are context-related and therefore of limited validity.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2003
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