Which are the GCSE Maths topics that students find difficult to grasp?@BetterMaths

During Luke Graham’s workshop at MathsConf5, over 200 teachers’ views were gathered on which were the hard to teach topics for the new GCSE – here is a collection of the top 10 topics which students find difficult to grasp:

Topic Spec RefNumber of votesNotes

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AlgebraA420Especially higher content.

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AlgebraA622Especially foundation content.

AlgebraA1126Especially foundation content.

AlgebraA1931Especially foundation content.

RatioR837

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Geometry and MeasuresG1020

Geometry and MeasuresG1520

Geometry and MeasuresG1920

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StatisticsS122

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StatisticsS424Foundation and higher content.

AQA Education (AQA) is a registered charity (number 1073334) and a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (number 3644723). Our registered address is AQA, Devas Street, Manchester M15 6EX.

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