Mathsliteracy Teachers resources

Really cute assignment from Jeannee

Science Books Online lists free science e-books, textbooks, lecture notes, monographs, and other science related documents.

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 video and pdf links. If you want to download the notes, click on the pdf and if you want to watch the videos, click on the arows and the video will start playing in th top window. You will watch Arnout in action!

Wishing everybody asuccessfull and enjoyable ;-) exam - some links to learner exams and resources.

JOhan has uploaded the Junew 2009 paper for us thanx.

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.

"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."

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.

Lovely collection of resources for maths lit. From curriculum documents to electronic marksheets, pace setters and examplars

"Attached find some of the march 2011 papers "

Maths4Us is a joint initiative between unionlearn, NIACE and National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) to encourage people to tackle numeracy, take-up numeracy learning and have fun with maths.

"By the end of this section, you will have: * developed ways to use games to raise interest in mathematics; * used a range of games to help enhance mathematical understanding and number skills."

"Allowing pupils to divide things into 'parts of a whole' using real objects helps them move more easily onto abstract ideas, such as fractions, division, ratio and proportion. This section will help you use simple physical objects and practical activities to develop your pupils' understanding of these concepts. "

Thanx Theresa for sharing your district papers with us!!

Thanx Sarah for sybmitting this!

Lots of ideas that can be adapted for other grades as well

Some of teh little vidoesw adapted by Dr maths to distribute via mxit/wap/on your cell phones.

Statistics One is designed to be a friendly introduction to very simple, very basic, fundamental concepts in statistics.

Revision of the FET Mathematical Literacy curriculum: Shifts and rationales (Friday 3rd September) Are you a mathematically literate consumer? (Saturday 4th September)

A discussion on if learners should take maths or maths literacy for entry into tertiary institutions