Working with Numbers.

Autor/in	Newton, Derek
Institution	Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit, London (England).
Titel	Working with Numbers.
Quelle	In: Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit (ALBSU) Newsletter, (1993) 48, (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0260-5104
Schlagwörter	Adult Basic Education; Adult Literacy; Adult Students; Foreign Countries; Inservice Teacher Education; Literacy Education; Mathematical Applications; Mathematics Instruction; Numeracy; Teaching Methods; Vocational Education Teachers + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult education; Erwachsenenbildung; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Ausland; Lehrerfortbildung; Angewandte Mathematik; Innermathematische Anwendung; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Rechenkompetenz; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausbilder
Abstract	In order to help students learn mathematics skills and how to apply them, a staff development workshop for vocational tutors was held at Calderdale College (England). The workshop focused on three objectives: to identify and raise awareness of students' needs, to identify barriers to learning, and to identify ways of supporting students. Four key areas of mathematics were stressed: money, measurement, data handling, and spatial relationship. In the first half of the session, the tutors were asked to carry out four tasks: (1) to write a log of the ways in which they have encountered or used numbers in the past 24 hours; (2) to sort their logs into vocational and social uses of numbers; (3) to identify the numeracy needed by their students in their working lives; and (4) to analyze three or four vocational tasks into their basic numeracy components. Tutors also were made aware of the barriers faced by their students, such as the language used to perform calculations and the difficulties students may have in handling formal mathematical techniques. Finally, tutors were taught common mathematical errors and presented with samples of some of the teaching materials available. (KC)
Anmerkungen	Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit (ALBSU), Kingsbourne House, 229-231 High Holborn, London WC1V 7DA, England.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01