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College Professors Say Incoming Students No Longer Understand Middle School Math and Science (futurism.com)
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"We now observe preparation gaps so severe that instructors must reteach middle-school mathematics."

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[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 7 points 1 month ago

This is not new. I am 20+ years out of high school and many of my peers are math illiterate and were read to out loud in class instead of being required to read on their own time. I taught 3rd year college students in an intro statistics course who often had abysmal English language and writing skills and only basic math skills. Now I get college students who have never worked with Excel and can't handle lit reviews without chatbots.