Numeracy in Secondary School Mathematics

Autor/inn/en	Gibbs, Melissa; Goos, Merrilyn; Geiger, Vince; Dole, Shelley
Titel	Numeracy in Secondary School Mathematics
Quelle	In: Australian Mathematics Teacher, 68 (2012) 1, S.29-35 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0045-0685
Schlagwörter	Secondary School Mathematics; Numeracy; Mathematics Instruction; Student Attitudes; Teaching Methods; Task Analysis; Surveys; Mathematics Activities; High Schools; Foreign Countries; Student Projects; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rechenkompetenz; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Schülerverhalten; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Aufgabenanalyse; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; High school; Oberschule; Ausland; Schulprojekt; Australien
Abstract	This article describes a project that focuses on numeracy in secondary school mathematics. During the course of the project a teacher had the chance to develop and trial new tasks and styles of teaching and learning numeracy. She became increasingly comfortable with using more extended tasks for learning mathematics. However, she believes that it is beneficial if larger projects are made up of self-contained sub-tasks that allow students to move towards smaller, achievable goals. Surveys of students indicated that many of the class appreciated the variety of tasks that they had the opportunity to tackle, and many were quite happy to complete exercises from the textbook interspersed with these other tasks to practise their skills. Throughout the course of the project the teacher also had an increased focus on developing activities that provided a critical orientation towards the use of mathematics. It also became obvious how vital the role of positive dispositions is in encouraging students to try approaches to solving a problem for themselves rather than relying on the teacher to provide all the answers. (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