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Keogh, John J.; Maguire, Theresa; O'Donoghue, John – Adults Learning Mathematics, 2014
Recent research undertaken by the authors (Keogh, 2013; Keogh, Maguire, & O'Donoghue, 2010, 2011, 2012), identified the mathematics activity that underpinned what may be regarded as low-skilled, low paid jobs, and aligned it with the National Framework of Qualifications in Ireland. In the course of this research, it emerged that although the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics, Employment, National Surveys
Hall, Graham – Adults Learning Mathematics, 2014
Practitioner research is in progress at a Further Education college to improve the motivation of vocational students for numeracy and problem solving. A framework proposed by Tang, Sui, & Wang (2003) has been adapted for use in courses. Five levels are identified for embedding numeracy applications and modelling into vocational studies:…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Adult Vocational Education, Student Motivation, Problem Solving
Björklund Boistrup, Lisa; Gustafsson, Lars – Adults Learning Mathematics, 2014
In this paper we propose and discuss a framework for analysing adults' work competences while construing mathematics-containing "themes" in two workplace settings: road haulage and nursing. The data consist of videos and transcribed interviews from the work of two lorryloaders, and a nurses' aide at an orthopaedic department. In the…
Descriptors: Adults, Job Skills, Mathematics, Allied Health Personnel
Ackland, Aileen – Adults Learning Mathematics, 2014
The development of socio-cultural understandings of mathematics combined with policy interest in adult numeracy as a result of international studies, which compare skill levels in different countries, have impacted adult education practice in recent years. In Scotland, a "social practice approach" is espoused and adult numeracy tutors…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Numeracy
Brooks, Carolyn – Adults Learning Mathematics, 2014
In researching how adult numeracy teachers actively motivate and enable learners to apply the numeracy skills they learn to their own real life practices, a case study of two adult numeracy teachers and their learner groups was undertaken. This paper compares the teachers' contrasting personal experiences of mathematics learning to consider how…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Postsecondary Education, Continuing Education, Numeracy
Beeli-Zimmermann, Sonja – Adults Learning Mathematics, 2014
Because of the impact that mathematical beliefs have on an individual's behaviour, they are generally well researched. However, little mathematical belief research has taken place in the field of adult education. This paper presents preliminary results from a study conducted in this field in Switzerland. It is based on Ernest's (1989) description…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Teacher Attitudes
Kaye, David – Adults Learning Mathematics, 2014
This paper discusses the critical situations I have been asked to "improve" by providing professional development for teams of adult numeracy and functional mathematics teachers in the post-16 sector in London. These situations have not been identified through any research process, but arise from internal management reviews of course…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Adult Education, Numeracy
Coben, Diana; Miller-Reilly, Barbara – Adults Learning Mathematics, 2014
In this paper we review and compare language policy in relation to adult numeracy education in Wales and New Zealand with respect to the Maori and Welsh languages in the latest stage of our international comparative study of adult numeracy education. While much has been written about the relationship between language and literacy, the relationship…
Descriptors: Numbers, Numeracy, Adult Education, Comparative Education
Moss, Cath; Archer, Judith – Adults Learning Mathematics, 2014
This paper describes an action research project that investigated a range of activities to improve learners' mathematical communication skills. It also gives details of a subsequent case study that illustrates how technology can provide a means of overcoming some of the difficulties learners and tutors face in communicating about numeracy, while…
Descriptors: Action Research, Investigations, Communication Skills, Mathematics Skills
Gerger, Elisabeth – Adults Learning Mathematics, 2014
In this article, I present research on some traditional numeracy practices of the Gusilay people group in Senegal and make recommendations for developing a numeracy programme for women. Based on a strong foundation of traditional knowledge and practices, the programme will aim to meet felt needs of women who are faced with new numeracy related…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Adult Education, Social Theories
Gibney, Janette – Adults Learning Mathematics, 2014
This action research project looks at what happened when a small group of adult numeracy teachers with widely different experiences of learning and teaching mathematics explored their own informal numeracy practices and undertook a series of collaborative mathematical tasks. Evidence from qualitative data collected during the enquiry suggests that…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Teaching Experience, Adult Educators, Task Analysis
FitzSimons, Gail E. – Adults Learning Mathematics, 2013
The aim of this review of selected literature on research into mathematics in the workplace is to offer researchers from the field of adult mathematics education an opportunity to become more familiar with this specialised area. In recent years much progress has been made, building on earlier research, but with increasingly nuanced understandings.…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Workplace Learning, Mathematics Education, Adult Education
Bhargava, Shifali – Adults Learning Mathematics, 2013
This paper introduces evolutionary algorithms with its applications in multi-objective optimization. Here elitist and non-elitist multiobjective evolutionary algorithms are discussed with their advantages and disadvantages. We also discuss constrained multiobjective evolutionary algorithms and their applications in various areas.
Descriptors: Mathematics, Evolution, Mathematical Applications
Becoming Competent, Confident and Critically Aware: Tracing Academic Numeracy Development in Nursing
Galligan, Linda – Adults Learning Mathematics, 2013
This paper describes the mathematical journey of a mature aged nursing student as she struggles to become more academically numerate. Within the paper, academic numeracy is defined around three features: competence, confidence and critical awareness of both the context of mathematics and students' own relationship with mathematics. It then uses…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Nursing Students, Adult Students, Mathematics
Maciejewski, Wes – Adults Learning Mathematics, 2012
Recently in Ontario, Canada, the College Math Project brought to light startling data on the achievement of students in Ontario's College of Applied Arts and Technology System related to their performance in first-year mathematics courses: one-third of the students had failed their first-year mathematics course or were at risk of not completing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Mathematics, Introductory Courses, Remedial Mathematics