Foundation Numeracy in Context
Contributors: Motteram, Gary
Series: MathsWorks for Teachers; MathsWorks for Teachers
Publisher: Australian Council for Educational Research
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Camberwell
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9781423785194
Subjects: Study and teaching (Secondary); Mathematics; Numeracy; Education
Description: Foundation Numeracy in Context describes an approach to teaching mathematicsbased on applied and contextual learning principles. This means that the teaching andlearning of mathematics proceeds from a contextual, task-based and investigativepoint of view - where the mathematics involved is developed from a modelled situationor practical task. Practical investigations and projects are principle vehicles for studentlearning in such an approach.This text is written for teachers working with students who have become disengagedfrom learning mathematics during the middle to latter years of secondary.
Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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Table of contents: title: Preliminaries; Cont Ents; 1 Teaching mathematics in context; 2 Designing teaching programs; 3 Making meaning; 4 Driving away; 5 Making algebra work; 6 Cooking mathematics up; 7 A sporting opportunity; 8 Curriculum connections; Appendices; Notes.