Mathsliteracy Teachers resources

A very interesting look at the cost of a BIG Mac burger and man hours worked. I think this could be a great departure point for a lesson/activity. We can bring in factors like a comparison between developed and un-developed countries and create some awareness in the process. Who wants to work on this as a lesson plan?

Thanx to everybody who worked together to get this one loaded!!

Thanx Johan

Dankie Elma. This activity for grade 10 deals with the contexts of baking cookies and is done in both english and afrikaans.

Elma se toets in engels en afrikaans

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

Use this free, interactive tutorial to improve your Internet research skills: Tour the best of the web for mathematics. Discover how to search the internet effectively. Judge which websites are worth using....

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

Thanx Alison for sharing!

This site is busy building resources and tests that learners can access using their cellphones. What do you think???

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.

These games are no longer directly accessible due to the excessive amount of bandwidth they consume but you can download and use it.

You are free to download them to use offline or to put them on your own web site. (CC licence=Great)

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Our official outside blog for advocacy for maths literacy for parents and learners. It also house our automated maths lit links from our South African mathsliteracy teachers network and bits and pieces for learners to nibble on.