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Today’s Maths4us guest post is written by JD Carpentieri, Senior Policy and Research Officer, National Research and Development Centre (NRDC) for Adult Literacy and Numeracy Institute of Education, University of London. This is a post about strengths and weaknesses. First the weaknesses: maths skills and maths attitudes. Research (much of it from NRDC) shows that [...]

Good literacy and numeracy skills are crucial in helping Servicemen and women carry out their jobs and take advantage of the training and career opportunities on offer in the Armed Forces. This was the official line from the three-year Armed Forces Basic Skills Longitudinal Study by NIACE and NRDC, which was published back in June. [...]