Application Readiness in Maths, an Essential Concept

Autor/in	Ormell, Christopher
Titel	Application Readiness in Maths, an Essential Concept
Quelle	In: Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 28 (2005) 2, S.73-80 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0126-7663
Schlagwörter	Educational Research; Foreign Countries; Mathematics Curriculum; Mathematical Applications; Word Problems (Mathematics); Curriculum Development; Curriculum Evaluation; Teaching Methods; Instructional Effectiveness; Learning Readiness; Middle Schools; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Ausland; Angewandte Mathematik; Innermathematische Anwendung; Textaufgabe; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Evaluation; Curriculumevaluation; Rahmenplan; Evaluierung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Unterrichtserfolg; Lernbereitschaft; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule
Abstract	The following article gives a brief account of some empirical research done in the 1980s in the UK by the present author with his colleague, Ibrahim Abdel-Ghany of Minia University, Egypt. At the time both researchers were working at the University of East Anglia at Norwich, England. This work is partly based on empirical arguments, and on conceptual analysis about the syllabus-worthiness of different kinds of targets and attainments in maths. The thrust of the argument is that it is essential that we teach children maths in such a way that they hold their knowledge of maths with "application readiness" rather than "application unreadiness". The meaning of these terms will be explained in section three, after an account has been given of the nature of conceptual analysis and why it is needed. The article also describes some empirical research which established that in some schools in the UK children aged 10-11 years did not have their knowledge of elementary mathematics in a state of application readiness at the time the research was conducted. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Centre for Education in Science and Mathematics (SEAMEO RECSAM). Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, 11700 Gelugor, Penang, Malaysia. Tel: +011-60-4-658-3266; Fax: +011-60-4-657-2541; e-mail: director@recsam.edu.my; Web site: http://www.recsam.edu.my
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Update	2017/4/10