ERIC Number: EJ970194
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 20
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Numeracy, Literacy and Newman's Error Analysis
White, Allan Leslie
Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, v33 n2 p129-148 2010
Newman (1977, 1983) defined five specific literacy and numeracy skills as crucial to performance on mathematical word problems: reading, comprehension, transformation, process skills, and encoding. Newman's Error Analysis (NEA) provided a framework for considering the reasons that underlay the difficulties students experienced with mathematical word problems and a process that assisted teachers to determine where misunderstandings occurred. NEA also provided directions for where teachers could target effective teaching strategies to overcome them. NEA experienced a reawakening in Australia and has been included in a number of programs such as the Counting On program in the Australian state of New South Wales. This paper presents findings of a pre-post test given to 1213 students participating in the 2008 Counting On program and examines NEA as a diagnostic tool linking numeracy and literacy and will discuss how teachers have also used NEA as a remediation and general classroom pedagogical strategy for primary and secondary schools. (Contains 3 tables and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Numeracy, Foreign Countries, Word Problems (Mathematics), Teaching Methods, Literacy, Reading Skills, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Instruction, Pretests Posttests, Problem Solving, Reading Comprehension
Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Centre for Education in Science and Mathematics (SEAMEO RECSAM). Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, 11700 Gelugor, Penang, Malaysia. Tel: +011-60-4-658-3266; Fax: +011-60-4-657-2541; e-mail: director@recsam.edu.my; Web site: http://www.recsam.edu.my
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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