A couple days ago, I non-responded to the release of the 2023 PISA results (because, this). In a comment on that post, Tony Gardiner referred to a paper he had written for ICME10, held in 2004. In …| BAD MATHEMATICS
This is our post for noting local nonsense in the new Australian Mathematics Curriculum (downloads here). It is a list of the content descriptions and the elaborations that appear to be deficient/w…| BAD MATHEMATICS
On July 8, AMSI released its submission to ACARA, in which AMSI called for a halt of the mathematics curriculum review. On July 20, ACARA contacted AMSI, requesting a “consultation session…| BAD MATHEMATICS
Jen Deyzel is a retired primary school teacher, a “septuagenarian” (now octogenarian) with decades of experience. She came up in conversation with a parent, whose children are tutored b…| BAD MATHEMATICS
Last year, as seemingly occurs every year, there were serious errors on the VCE mathematics exams. This was reported on at the time by the Age, on the basis of a teacher’s complaint and a com…| BAD MATHEMATICS
Let’s see. Who haven’t we insulted recently? Ah, yes: teachers. OK, so the title of this post could have been a tad less inflammatory. I’m serious, however, so what the hell. We&#…| BAD MATHEMATICS