What's Average?

Autor/inn/en	Stack, Sue; Watson, Jane; Hindley, Sue; Samson, Pauline; Devlin, Robyn
Titel	What's Average?
Quelle	In: Australian Mathematics Teacher, 66 (2010) 3, S.7-15 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0045-0685
Schlagwörter	Mathematics Curriculum; Units of Study; Action Research; Critical Thinking; Mathematical Concepts; Numeracy; Research Projects; Middle School Students; Mathematics Teachers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lerneinheit; Projektforschung; Kritisches Denken; Rechenkompetenz; Forschungsvorhaben; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Mathematics; Teacher; Teachers; Mathematik; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende
Abstract	This paper reports on the experiences of a group of teachers engaged in an action research project to develop critical numeracy classrooms. The teachers initially explored how contexts in the media could be used as bases for activities to encourage student discernment and critical thinking about the appropriate use of the underlying mathematical concepts. As a result they found it is better to embed critical thinking in the design of whole units of study rather than just to treat it as an add-on to the mathematics curriculum. The following suggests a possible unit of study around the topic of average that aims to build students' capacities for critical thinking. (Contains 8 figures.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT). GPO Box 1729, Adelaide 5001, South Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: office@aamt.edu.au; Web site: http://www.aamt.edu.au
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10