Is this really grade 4 and 5 stuff?? I thought it was a bit of a stretch, at first, especially given that most kids don't learn about these human statistics until middle or high school. However, the more I studied them, the more I realized that a huge range of numeracy skills are embedded in each of these statistics.
"A major study into maths attainment has found that boys and girls perform equally in the subject, dispelling long-held myths around gender and education.
The first UK-wide research of its kind for 13 years was carried out by Keith Topping, Professor of Educational and Social Research at the University of Dundee, and education assessment company Renaissance found differences in maths attainment between girls and boys to be almost negligible. The study also found that regular and high-quality maths practice improves outcomes across the board and that primary pupils outperformed secondary students, with better attainment scores."
Education should return to the way it was in the workshops of the Renaissance. There, the masters may not necessarily have been able to explain to their students why
a painting was good in theoretical terms, but they did so in more practical ways.