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Seeking the N in LLN [PDF]

Numeracy skills are a key driver of economic growth and yet, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS 2008) nearly eight million Australian adults lack the numeracy skills to cope with everyday life and work.
Tina Berghella
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‘Sometimes, I would look at my books and cry because I felt like I was left behind’: Understanding the learning of Indigenous girls during the COVID‐19 pandemic in the districts of Chongwe and Solwezi in Zambia

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Grounded in principles of epistemic justice, this article examines the educational impacts of Zambia's COVID‐19 school closures on Indigenous girls in two districts and highlights community‐led pathways for resilience. National responses prioritised broadcast and digital delivery but presupposed access to electricity, digital devices and ...
Marcellus Forh Mbah, Leigh Jarvis, Ane Turner Johnson, Chidi Ezegwu, Priscillah Nsama, Austine Nakanga   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disrupting Dominant Discourses: A (Re)Introduction to Social Practice Theories of Adult Numeracy

Numeracy, 2018
The role of dominant discourse in constructing a deficit view of adult numeracy is examined, using reports from recent international surveys of adult skills as illustrative examples.
Helen M. Oughton
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Beyond standardisation, subjects and syllabi: How primary schools organise for arts richness in an era of curriculum reform

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract As England embarks on its first comprehensive curriculum review in fifteen years, this paper offers critical insights from schools that sustained arts‐rich provision despite a policy landscape hostile to creative subjects. Drawing on data from the Researching Arts‐rich Primary Schools (RAPS) project—a mixed‐methods study of 76 arts‐rich ...
Pat Thomson, Christine Hall
wiley   +1 more source

Inquiry-based student worksheets to support numeracy skills

Al-Jabar
Background: This study was motivated by the difficulties students face in understanding the concepts taught in the topics of Integers and Decimals. Aim: The research aimed to determine the impact on students' numeracy skills after utilizing Student ...
Wilibaldus Bhoke
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Global Trends in Numeracy 1820-1949 and its Implications for Long-Run Growth [PDF]

This study is the first to explore long-run trends of numeracy for the 1820-1949 period in 165 countries, and its contribution to growth. Estimates of the long-run numeracy development of most countries in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, America, and ...
Dorothee Crayen, Jörg Baten
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Truth‐telling in the Australian Curriculum

The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Unlike Canada and South Africa, Australia has not completed a national Truth‐telling of First Nations histories. As a consequence, the curriculum is at risk of excluding Truth‐telling, leading to indoctrination of past injustices as part of school learning.
Glenn Auld, Aleryk Fricker, A. Bryan Fricker, Jessamy Gleeson, Genée Marks, Jo Raphael, Roy Rozario, Peta J. White, Brezshia Ashcroft, Robin A. Bellingham, Alessandra D'Arbe, Brianna Damcevski, Jennie Darcy, Kim Davies, Claudia Filipic, Brandi Fox, Paul Garner, Amanda Hall, Shelley Hannigan, Amrita Kamath, Katie Lee, Eun‐ju Lee, Jing Leong, Catherine Milvain, Jonathan Newchurch, Alistair Noble, Joanne O'Mara, Jacqui Peters, Monika Wagner, Yinfeng Wang   +29 more
wiley   +1 more source

Frequency of Home Numeracy Activities Is Differentially Related to Basic Number Processing and Calculation Skills in Kindergartners

Frontiers in Psychology, 2018
Home numeracy has been shown to play an important role in children’s mathematical performance. However, findings are inconsistent as to which home numeracy activities are related to which mathematical skills.
Belde Mutaf Yıldız, Delphine Sasanguie, Delphine Sasanguie, Bert De Smedt, Bert Reynvoet, Bert Reynvoet   +5 more
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GCSE grades and GNVQ outcomes: results of a pilot study [PDF]

, 1997
This paper reports an investigation into the importance of basic skills in literacy and numeracy in the promotion of success on intermediate vocational courses at age 16+.
Rudd, P., Steedman, H.
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Secondary schools' preparation for roll‐out of Curriculum for Wales: Case studies of approaches to health and well‐being in the context of national education system reform

The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Schools are increasingly positioned as key settings for promoting health behaviours and well‐being. Curriculum for Wales (CfW) represents major national reform of the Welsh education system, placing unprecedented focus on health and well‐being for learners in compulsory education (aged 3–16).
Rochelle Embling, Cara O'Donnell, Graham Moore, Sara Jayne Long   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source