HSC mathematics choices and consequences for students coming to university without adequate mathematics preparation

Jackie Nicholas, Leanne Rylands

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    Abstract

    Students who complete higher levels of maths in high school experience lower rates of unemployment and receive higher salaries, on average, than their less-accomplished peers' (Business Insider Australia, 5.11.2013), yet we all know as mathematics teachers that the number of students enrolling in the higher levels of mathematics for their HSC has been declining for many years.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)2-7
    Number of pages6
    JournalReflections: Journal of the Mathematical Association of New South Wales
    Volume40
    Issue number1
    Publication statusPublished - 2015

    Keywords

    • mathematics
    • academic achievement
    • study and teaching (secondary)

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