The Ford government’s new elementary math curriculum will introduce coding, computer storage measurements and personal finance terms starting in Grade 1, as part of a bid to improve sliding EQAO math scores.
They will also learn about personal finance in each grade, and they will learn about measurements of data storage, such as a byte, kilobyte, megabyte and gigabyte, alongside the other units of measurement they learned previously.
“Dropping a new math curriculum during the middle of a pandemic is completely irresponsible,” NDP education critic Marit Stiles said Tuesday.
For instance, learning to tell time on a round clock with hands will now begin in Grade 3, instead of Grade 1.
Provincial EQAO math scores have been lagging behind reading and writing scores in the elementary grades for years.
In Grade 3, average scores were down to 61 per cent in 2018, from 67 per cent four years earlier.
In Grade 6, the average math score has been stuck at 61 per cent for a decade. »
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