What to Do about Canada’s Declining Math Scores

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Page Title:What to Do about Canada’s Declining Math Scores – C.D. Howe Institute
Article Title:What to Do about Canada’s Declining Math Scores
URL:https://cdhowe.org/publication/what-do-about-canadas-declining-math-scores/
Published Date:November 1, 2018
Accessed Date:February 18, 2025

Canadian educators should abandon curricula and instruction premised upon the assumptions of discovery-based learning, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report, which examines mounting evidence that this approach seriously hampers math learning by students. In “What to Do about Canada’s Declining Math Scores,” author Anna Stokke urges provinces to act quickly to improve the way mathematics is taught.

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