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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.

Two articles: The first one gives a good perspective of the difference between mean and median and how people manipulate the data and teh second one give s an overview of oil prices vs petrol prices (american perspective)

This simple Investigation, I did in the first term. It is not difficult to complete for the learners, but it takes a while to complete because they had to go out and "get" the answers. However, it went well because i actually had a 100% handing-in rate, which is always good.

"By the end of this section, you will have: * explored multiplication with your pupils through visual means; * used rectangular shapes to help pupils understand factors; * used investigations to explore patterns in number series."

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

Arnold Brombacher's powerpoint with some examples of waht it measn to be mathemetically literate. This is also a good resource to use when doing parent advocacy

This unit gives a historical background to mathematics education in South Africa, to outcomes-based education and to the national curriculum statement for mathematics. The traditional approach to teaching mathematics is then contrasted with an approach to teaching mathematics that focuses on 'doing' mathematics, and mathematics as a science of pattern and order, in which learners actively explore mathematical ideas in a conducive classroom environment.