Delta-K,  Reader Reflections,  Volume 34, Issue 2

Why We Lag Behind in Math

Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association

Volume 34 Issue 2, September 1997

9 – 10

Why We Lag Behind in Math

David Burghes

There has been much speculation about the poor performance of U .K. pupils in school mathematics complaints have come from engineers, scientists and others in higher education, as well as from employers of school-leavers. Much of the evidence presented has been, at best, anecdotal.