Conference paper
Auditing the numeracy demands of the middle years’ curriculum
Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, pp.210-217
Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA), 33rd (Fremantle, Australia, 03-Jul-2010–07-Jul-2010)
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)
2010
Abstract
The National Numeracy Review recognised that numeracy development requires an across the curriculum commitment. To explore the nature of this commitment we conducted a numeracy audit of the South Australian Middle Years curriculum, using a numeracy model that incorporates mathematical knowledge, dispositions, tools, contexts, and a critical orientation. All Learning Areas in the published curriculum were found to have distinctive numeracy demands. The audit should encourage teachers to promote numeracy in even richer ways in the curriculum they enact with students.
Details
- Title
- Auditing the numeracy demands of the middle years’ curriculum
- Authors
- Merrilyn Goos (Author) - The University of QueenslandVince Geiger (Author) - Australian Catholic UniversityShelley Dole (Author) - The University of Queensland
- Publication details
- Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, pp.210-217
- Conference details
- Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA), 33rd (Fremantle, Australia, 03-Jul-2010–07-Jul-2010)
- Publisher
- Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)
- Date published
- 2010
- Copyright note
- 2010 Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Inc. Reproduced here with the permission in accordance with the publisher's copyright policy.
- Organisation Unit
- Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; School of Education and Tertiary Access; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99569205102621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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