ERIC Number: ED520869
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Jul
Pages: 8
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Auditing the Numeracy Demands of the Middle Years Curriculum
Goos, Merrilyn; Geiger, Vince; Dole, Shelley
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (33rd, Freemantle, Western Australia, Jul 3-7, 2010)
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. (Contains 3 figures.) [For the complete proceedings, "Shaping the Future of Mathematics Education. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (33rd, Freemantle, Western Australia, Australia, July 3-7, 2010)," see ED520764.]
Descriptors: Numeracy, Foreign Countries, Middle Schools, Curriculum, Academic Standards, Knowledge Level, Mathematics Skills, Interdisciplinary Approach, Social Environment, English Instruction, Science Instruction, Information Technology, Health Education, Physical Education, Second Language Instruction, Art Education
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Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
Identifiers - Location: Australia
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