Dear All,
The Telegraph at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/6138456/Maths-standards-no-better-than-mid-70s.html
and
the Daily Mail at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1211345/Maths-skills-standing-thirty-years-GCSE-grades-soaring.html
have both reported that metrication has helped students in the UK
with decimals knowledge.
Here is the quote from The Telegraph:
It found secondary pupils were much more familiar with decimals than
they were 30 years ago. Researchers put this down to “cultural
changes” including metrication and the increased use of calculators
and computers.
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