Numerical skills play an important role in everyday life, academics, and professional success. From managing personal ...

Results from the trial literacy and numeracy test for initial teacher education students are in. The tests were sat by 5,000 volunteers across the country, with 92% passing in literacy and 90% in the ...

TRAINEE teachers who have taken Higher maths can still struggle with basic numeracy, the Scottish Parliament heard yesterday. Graham Donaldson, the architect of a major report on the future of teacher ...

Simply sign up to the Education myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Over the past three years, Florence Ravaonindrina has noticed a sharp improvement in basic maths skills among children ...

Figures show that while literacy rates are improving, the number of adults who have numeracy skills no better than those expected of an 11-year-old has shot up from 15 million to 17 million – 49 per ...

Make learning maths fun by playing free online games from BBC Bitesize. All our online maths games are made to help you improve your basic maths skills and solve maths problems. Play our fun Bitesize ...

I apparently owe a lot to my 9th grade math teacher. Every Friday, Mr. Smith would have the class play a game. He would write a series of numbers on the board, and the goal was to use basic math to ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Twenty-nine percent of American adults performed at the lowest level for numeracy on a major international study, according to a new report released today by the National ...

For navigating life in today’s world, the basic literacy and numeracy abilities are inadequate but critical for further education and learning. This column is an admission of our struggles. We run ...