Freshers struggle to remember basic A-level concepts

By Education in Chemistry2014-06-25T00:00:00

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First year students have forgotten basic A-level material by the time they arrive at university

A published today shows that even grade A students could only remember 40% of their A-level syllabus by the first week of term at university.

Researchers tested 594 first year bioscience students in their first week of term at five universities – the University of Birmingham, the University of Bristol, Cardiff University, the University of Leicester and the University of East Anglia.

This article provides a summary of the research

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