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UK Economy Is Losing Around 9bn A Year Due To Poor Math Skills

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UK Economy Is Losing Around 9bn A Year Due To Poor Math Skills

by Richard Hunter

Poor maths skills among an estimated 10 million adults - twice as many as the number of people with poor literacy - are costing companies a fortune in extra training, specialist staff, mistakes and lost business. And experts agree that poor numeracy is having a direct affect on the UKs reduced productivity after it was revealed that twice as many people fall into the low skills category in the UK than in the rest of Europe.

But a new approach to maths is being hailed as the key to plugging the money drain and helping the country to improve its waning productivity levels.

It works for everyone who wants to learn maths but the real irony is that the people it can help the most are the ones who avoid the subject as much as they possibly can!

Sydney-based teacher Pat Murray teamed up with his computer programmer brother to create conquermathsdotcom to help some of his students learn at home. They unwittingly created a new format for maths learning that is already producing astonishing results after being introduced in the UK.

The softwares educational design removes the fear of maths lessons that many people experience in school, which can develop into full blown maths anxiety.

Maths Anxiety is a recognized and powerful learning block and is cumulative. It can build up causing a log jam in the working memory that prevents the student taking in further information, specifically that of maths. The combined elements of the program get rid of this block, allowing learning to start to take place.

A trial conducted by a British school found performance in maths, which nationally produces one of the lowest set of results among the 40 GCSE subjects, rose across the board.

David Cook, a math teacher in the North East of England said: "This has made a massive difference to our pupils confidence. They are now achieving better results. Every school should be using it. It should be compulsory!"

It could be the real breakthrough that many people have been waiting for but, because it has never existed before, many dont believe it. However, its becoming increasingly hard to argue with the mass of feedback received on the website from students already using the program.