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Friday, March 18, 2011

Mathematical literacy and PISA revisited

Ireland's recent low place in the international "league tables" produced by PISA, especially for maths, has got a lot of attention. This example illustrates the problem nicely.

3 comments:

  1. Mark McGovern3:44 pm

    A pity the person's second name has been obscured so I can’t prove it but I suspect it begins with "C".

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  2. Kevin Denny4:16 pm

    Mark,well I didn't want to say but you are almost certainly right.

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  3. Peter Carney4:20 pm

    where's the QED there? must be out of frame..

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