{"id":2018684,"date":"2023-08-31T21:10:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T01:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/many-college-students-stuck-at-9th-grade-math-level-professors-blame-pandemic\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T21:15:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T01:15:07","slug":"many-college-students-stuck-at-9th-grade-math-level-professors-blame-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/many-college-students-stuck-at-9th-grade-math-level-professors-blame-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"College students struggle with 9th grade math due to pandemic, say professors."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmany-college-students-stuck-at-9th-grade-math-level-professors-blame-pandemic%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2018684&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>College Students Struggle with Math\u2064 Amid Pandemic<\/h2>\n<p>College students are facing a significant challenge when it comes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/millions-of-american-children-are-severely-behind-in-reading-due-to-pandemic-learning-loss\/\" title=\"Millions of American Children Are Severely Behind in Reading Due to Pandemic Learning Loss\">basic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-students-thrived-at-non-lockdown-schools-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"Report: Students Thrived at Non-Lockdown Schools During Pandemic\">math skills<\/a><\/a>, and their professors are\u2063 pointing to remote\u2064 learning \u2063during the pandemic as the culprit.<\/p>\n<p>At George\u2063 Mason University, Temple University, and other colleges nationwide, students are arriving \u200don campus unprepared and having to relearn fundamental concepts.<\/p>\n<p>Shockingly, many college students are still operating at a ninth-grade math level. Considering\u2064 that a freshman entering college this fall would have started ninth grade in 2019, just before the\u2064 shift to remote learning, it&#8217;s clear that the pandemic has had a lasting impact on their \u200bmath education.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s even more\u200b concerning is that even engineering and biology majors are struggling \u2063with basic\u2064 math\u2064 concepts like fractions and exponents.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;This is a huge issue,&#8221; Maria Emelianenko, chair \u200cof George Mason&#8217;s math department, told the Associated Press. &#8220;We&#8217;re talking about college-level pre-calculus and calculus \u200dclasses, and\u200c students cannot even add one-half \u2062and one-third.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Recognizing the severity of the problem, George Mason University took action by organizing a Math \u2063Boot Camp during summer\u2064 break. Approximately 100 students participated in the camp to\u200d brush up on their math skills and bridge the gaps caused by the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Diego Fonseca, a 19-year-old\u200c student who attended the \u2063Math Boot\u2062 Camp, \u2064shared his\u200c experience of struggling with \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/many-college-students-stuck-at-9th-grade-math-level-professors-blame-pandemic\/\" title=\"College students struggle with 9th grade math due to pandemic, say professors.\">higher-level algebra due<\/a>\u200c to the lack of hands-on, in-person classes during remote learning.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I \u200ddidn&#8217;t have a\u2064 hands-on, in-person class, and \u2062the information wasn&#8217;t really there,&#8221; Fonseca said. &#8220;I really struggled when it\u200b came to higher-level algebra because\u200c I just didn&#8217;t know anything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Temple University also faces a math problem of its own. Prior to COVID, around\u2062 800 \u200dstudents per semester were placed in the school&#8217;s intermediate algebra class. However, by 2021,\u200b that number had risen to nearly \u200b1,400 \u200cstudents.<\/p>\n<p>On a quiz in the intermediate algebra class, students were asked to subtract eight from negative six. Astonishingly, no two papers had the same answer, and none of the answers were \u200dcorrect.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I graded a whole bunch of papers in a\u2062 row. No two papers had the same answer, and none of them were correct,&#8221; said\u2063 Jessica Babcock, the Temple University math professor. &#8220;It \u200bwas \u200ca striking moment of, like, wow \u2062\u2014 this is\u2062 significant and deep.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>These struggles are not limited \u200dto specific\u200c universities. Iowa \u200cState University, known for its prestigious engineering program, also witnessed falling grades and more students being\u2064 placed in lower-level\u2064 math classes\u200d in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the impact\u2064 of the\u200b pandemic on students&#8217; academic performance extends beyond college campuses.\u200c Grade school students have experienced \u2062a decline in reading and\u2064 math proficiency, with\u2063 some even performing worse than before COVID.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/economist-politicians-panicking-they-will-suddenly-lack-a-podium-from-which-to-grandstand-if-covid-becomes-endemic\/\" title=\"Economist: Politicians Panicking They Will \u2018Suddenly Lack A Podium From Which To Grandstand\u2019 If COVID Becomes Endemic\">recent study revealed<\/a> that fourth through eighth-grade students made even slower progress in reading and math last year compared to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mainland-china-deepens-crackdown-of-hong-kong-pushes-electoral-reform\/\" title=\"Mainland China deepens crackdown of Hong Kong, pushes \u2018electoral reform\u2019\">pre-pandemic times<\/a>, dispelling hopes of accelerated learning to compensate for the learning loss during COVID.<\/p>\n<p>It is evident that\u200c the pandemic has had a profound and lasting impact on students&#8217; math skills, both in college and grade school. Efforts must be \u200cmade to address this issue and provide\u200b the necessary \u2064support to help students catch up and thrive academically.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remote learning during the pandemic is being blamed by professors for college students&#8217; struggle with basic math. 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