Investigating students’ academic numeracy in 1st level university courses

Linda Galligan; Carola Hobohm

doi:10.1007/s13394-014-0132-9

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Investigating students’ academic numeracy in 1st level university courses

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Investigating students’ academic numeracy in 1st level university courses

Linda Galligan and Carola Hobohm

Mathematics Education Research Journal, Vol.27(2), pp.129-145

2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13394-014-0132-9

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Abstract

nursing

academic numeracy

pre-service teaching

diagnostic testing

This paper investigates how an online test ('Self-Test' developed at the University of Southern Queensland) can enrich students' understanding of their academic numeracy, through a purpose-built, self-assessment tool aligned with online modules. Since its creation and evaluation, the tool has been developed and tailored to suit other first year courses based around an academic numeracy framework of competence, confidence and critical awareness (Galligan 2013a). This paper will highlight how the new Self-Test is underpinned by this framework and how students' levels of numeracy can be better understood by the lecturer through Self-Test in a first year nursing for numeracy course and a maths for teachers course. It particularly addresses over- and under-confidence, error analysis and students' reflective comments, and how this understanding can better inform course development and teaching.

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Title: Investigating students’ academic numeracy in 1st level university courses
Authors: Linda Galligan (Author) - University of Southern Queensland
Carola Hobohm (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Publication details: Mathematics Education Research Journal, Vol.27(2), pp.129-145
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Date published: 2015
DOI: 10.1007/s13394-014-0132-9
ISSN: 1033-2170
Organisation Unit: Centre for Support and Advancement of Learning and Teaching; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99448642302621
Output Type: Journal article

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