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Direct linkCooper, Cath; Dole, Shelley; Geiger, Vince; Goos, Merrilyn – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2012
This article describes a project that focuses on how a Society and Environment unit could develop required numeracy. This is more of an integrated unit organised around a theme rather than a Society and Environment unit that required specific aspects of numeracy. Suggested data sources for examining students numeracy development included (1) a…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Numeracy, Mathematics Skills, Educational Opportunities
Watson, Jane; Wright, Suzie – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2008
This article explores the issues associated with developing ideas of informal inference and introduces the software package, TinkerPlots, as a tool to facilitate this development. The activities suggested in this article are intended for use with middle and secondary students (grades 6 to 10). The data and suggestions presented have arisen mainly…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers, Inferences, Foreign Countries
Ninbet, Steven; Hurley, Gabrielle; Weldon, Elizabeth – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2006
This article reports on the teaching of a unit of lessons which integrates mathematics with studies of society and the environment. The unit entitled "Population Growth Rates" was taught to a double class of Year 6 students by a team of three teachers. The objectives of the unit were: (1) to provide students with a real-world context in which to…
Descriptors: Units of Study, Population Growth, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
