A recent report from the Grattan Institute, examines the decline in Australian students’ maths performance, pointing to inconsistent teaching methods and a lack of teacher confidence as key contributing factors.

Pro Vice-Chancellor, Education, Impact and Innovation at La Trobe University Joanna Barbousas joined Perth Live.

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“When half of our 15-year-old students fail to achieve national standards in mathematics, it’s not the students who are failing, it’s our approach to teaching,” Barbousas said on Perth Live. 

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