Colleges across the country are grappling with the same problem as academic setbacks from the pandemic follow students to campus. At many universities, engineering and biology majors are struggling to grasp fractions and exponents. More students are being placed into pre-college math, starting a semester or more behind for their majors, even if they get credit for the lower-level classes.

Colleges largely blame the disruptions of the pandemic, which had an outsize impact on math. Reading scores on the national test known as NAEP plummeted, but math scores fell further, by margins not seen in decades of testing. Other studies find that recovery has been slow.

  • @[email protected]
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    fedilink
    61 year ago

    But it says they are struggling with fractions and exponents, don’t those get taught earlier on?

    • GladiusB
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      21 year ago

      The don’t say how they are struggling. It could be inside more complex equations. Or conversions.