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Maggie Verster

What is mathematical literacy? (pdf) - 0 views

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    What is mathematical literacy? To answer this question we must look at the meaning of literacy in general. In the narrowest sense, literacy refers to the ability to read, write, speak, and use language
Maggie Verster

Mindset Learn maths lit videos (30 of them) - 0 views

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    The 30 videos offered by Mindset give a good overview of the content of the Mathematical Literacy curriculum and rich ideas for ways of teaching it in an engaging way that helps learners see how relevant this subject is for them.
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Amusement Park problem: Ticket prices - 0 views

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    This problem presents students with a "which-is-thebest-buy" scenario involving admission to an amusement park. Students choose between four different admission rates, and then must justify why they selected the rate that they did.
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Maths in real life: Importance for nurses to know about ratios - 0 views

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    This is paper on a study that was done with nurses: "We investigate how expert nurses undertake the calculation of drug dosages on the ward. This calculation is error-critical in nursing practice and maps onto the concepts of ratio and proportion "
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Financial Literacy for Students - 0 views

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    Being financially-savvy is crucial to making the kind of smart money decisions key to ensuring quality of life. Help your students get up to speed on this important life skill with regularly updated K-12 lessons and other resources in this special sponsored section.
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Interpreting data #ml123 - 0 views

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    Basic interactive resources on interpreting data
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Create A Graph the fun way! - 0 views

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    Here you will find five different graphs and charts for you to consider. Not sure about which graph to use? Confused between bar graphs and pie charts?
Maggie Verster

Running the numbers: A photgraphic view at statistics with a message! - 0 views

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    Running the Numbers looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. Each image portrays a specific quantity of something: fifteen million sheets of office paper (five minutes of paper use); 106,000 aluminum cans .......
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A STATISTICAL STUDY ON THE LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET or How to Win on "The Wheel of Fortune" - 0 views

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    Statistics and probability play an important part in our lives and are particularly useful in helping us make wise decisions. This exercise will help the students see that there are mathematical rules that can effect even our use of the English language. GRADES/SUBJECT: Appropriate for Grades 7 though 12. Mathematics and English language. PURPOSE: This exercise re-enforces the value of statistical research and provides an interesting view of the way people write.
Maggie Verster

The math literacy project - 0 views

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    mission: the math literacy project provides opportunities for students to achieve in a college preparatory mathematics curriculum so that they may gain access to educational, economic, and social resources that will lead to individual empowerment, independence, and social justice.
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Grade 12 paper June 2009 - Maths Literacy Teacher's Network - 0 views

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    The WCED paper 2009
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How can maths help us in our daily lives? - 0 views

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    How can maths help us in our daily lives? In this exhibit, you'll look at the language of numbers through common situations, such as playing games or cooking. Put your decision-making skills to the test by deciding whether buying or leasing a new car is right for you, and predict how much money you can save for your retirement by using an interest calculator.
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Mean Median Explained: Why Knowing the Difference Can Prevent YOU from Being Manipulated - 0 views

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    The definition of median and mean and the difference between the two terms is poorly understood by many people and while in many data sets, there is only a marginal difference between the two from a practical standpoint, there is sometimes a stark difference between the two.
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Grade 10 Maths literacy material (video snippet and pdf) from the learning Channel - 1 views

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    This is quite an extensive collection of videos and notes to accompany the video snippets. To watch the videos, scroll down and click on the maths literacy link, which will open up a collection of links. If you want to download the notes, click on the pdf. You will watch Arnout in action!
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My maths literacy research paper - 0 views

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    My paper on the agonies and successes of creating an informal online community of practice /learning ecology for mathematical literacy teachers in South Africa. It also explains the tools I used and how it impact(ed) on the community.
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Maths literacy learner resources - 5 views

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    This page is dedicated to providing learners with resources, mainly exam papers and exemplars with links to most publicly available papers. You van the learners this page address for revision purposes.
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How much does it cost to raise a puppy? - 0 views

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    Have you ever thought about how much it will cost to raise a puppy?? Do some calculations of your own.....
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Puppy Cost - Maths Literacy Teacher's Network - 0 views

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    In this discussion Johan gives us a article post of what it cost to raise a puppy. Very relevant. Haw can we take this forward into a great lessonplan?
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