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Thanx Joelene for sharing this paper!

"12_MLit_Learn Xtra_024_Exam Questions 16 June 2012_Learner Video Learn Xtra Video In this session we take a look at Grade 12 Maths Literacy the November 2008, NSC, Paper 2. Mindset Network Copyright Notice. ( E00190719 )"

This paper is 11/2 hours long and deals with buying a camera and a car a swell as budgetting. 

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Thanx ALison!

Thanx A!

"Mathematics and science at school are vital to higher education, skilled jobs, and the national economy. For this reason, CDE has taken a sustained interest in the performance of the South African schooling system in these subjects. This paper summarises the results of four statistical analyses of Senior Certificate and National Senior Certificate results since 1998. Conducted by Professor Charles Simkins, they provide important new insights into the mathematics and science performance of South African schools, and identify key policy issues arising from the research."

The memo is here: http://www.timeslive.co.za/multimedia/archive/00676/Maths_Literacy_Pape_676140a.pdf

My goal is to explore the relationship between Mathematics and "mathematical literacy" in a way that might encourage a more critical analysis of the many appealing, but often rather vague, claims made by the advocates of "mathematical literacy" (aka "functional mathematics"). My focus is on school mathematics in England - though there are good reasons for believing that similar observations apply elsewhere.

The implementation of a mandatory mathematics curriculum in South Africa : the case of mathematical literacy (A thesis paper)

What is your view on the argument in the attached paper that the ML assessment taxonomy does not adequately provide for reasoning and problem solving?