Request for comment: New Mathematical literacy curriculum

I am sure that you are all aware that we are due for curriculum revision which will be implemented in 2012. The revision document has been gazetted last Friday and can be downloaded from here:

• Maths Lit CAPPS doc

At last Fridays Marang meeting, Mark North who was responsible for the revision of the Maths lit Curriculum, talked to us about how he went about compiling the new document which will basically replace all the other ML documents that we are currently working with. He was supported in this task by Arnout Brombacher as a critical reader. I am still waiting for Marc to send me his powerpoint, but in the mean time you can listen to his talk: (I will insert his PPT here when I get it).

• Mark’s talk

Lynn Bowie then did a response to Marc’s presentation:

You can listen to her response here (click on it, minimise the player and the follow along with her presentation)

• Lynn

And there were of course lots of questions…..

• Questions and answers

I have tried my best to edit the worst  noise out, but in the interest of publishing it quickly, I apologise for bad sound quality here and there.

You can also go and leave comments on the LIVE document and see  others comments here:
The live docs are here:

• Mathematical Literacy (FET / 10-12)
• Mathematics (FET / 10-12)

A.notate.com is a great tool for quick colloboration. Just sign in with your e-mail address and highlight or drag a box anywhere on the document. It will open a box where you can insert a comment note. You can even comment on other’s notes. If you need any technical assistance please let me know and I will help you.

 

Mathsliteracy Resources (weekly)

• Assessment, remedation & pre-requisite knowledge for mathematical literacy

  Great resource for Arnout http://www.brombacher.co.za for mathematical literacy. During April 2008 Brombacher and Associates ran a four-day workshop for FET College lecturers on the assessment and remediation of the pre-requisite knowledge and skills assumed to be necessary for students to be able to study Mathematical Literacy. The workshop was presented by Aarnout Brombacher and Marc North. It focussed on the use of pre-tests to determine the knowledge and skills that college students have at the start of the programme and on the teaching of the necessary knowledge and skills in those cases where the students do not have these.

  Tags: ml, ml123, assessment, mathematicalliteracy, basic operations, numbers, Order of operations, percentage, ratio, proportion, rate

• Assessment and remediation of the pre-requisite knowledge and skills for Mathematical Literacy

  Number booklet coverDuring April 2008 Brombacher and Associates ran a four-day workshop for FET College lecturers on the assessment and remediation of the pre-requisite knowledge and skills assumed to be necessary for students to be able to study Mathematical Literacy. The workshop, presented by Aarnout Brombacher and Marc North,was attended by one lecturer from each of the 50 FET Colleges.

  The workshop focussed on the use of pre-tests to determine the knowledge and skills that college students have at the start of the programme and on the teaching of the necessary knowledge and skills in those cases where the students do not have these.

  Click on the link above  to access the pre-test and remediation materials developed for the workshop as well as the powerpoint slide shows that supported the teaching these could be used by college lecturers in their remediation efforts.

  Downloads:

  Handout (44 pages): Numbers (download)

  o Presentation: Order of operations (download)
  o Presentation: Percentage (download)
  o Presentation: Ratio (download)
  o Presentation: Proportion (download)
  o Presentation: Rate (download)

  Handout (40 pages): Patterns and Relationships (download)

  Handout (11 pages): Space, Shape and Orientation (download)

  Tags: aarnout brombacher, mark north, ml, mathematical, literacy, mathematics, space, shapeandspace, patterns, relationships

• GUIDELINE DOCUMENT FOR CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT (CASS) PORTFOLIO – Maths Literacy Teacher’s Network

  Tags: projects, assignments, investigations, LO1, AS12.1.3, cass, portfolios, gr12, programme ofassessment, learner’s portfolios, teacher portfolios, evaluating portfolios, assessment, LO4, AS12.4.3, AS12.4.4, Food and Recipes, Painting and Decorating

• It’s all cricket’s fault

  Mathematics is used in interesting, and often less than accurate, ways. Newspapers present graphs showing apparently correlated variables, but with a little thought, some of the time you will find that whilst it looks like two variables are connected, there is actually no cause and effect. Sometimes this is because there is a third factor causing the movements in the variables — for example, if it is hot and sunny, sales of sunscreen lotion increase, as do sales of air-conditioners. If you plot these sales against each other, you find a correlation. However, they are only connected because of a third variable, the summer weather. Of course, an unscrupulous media can draw connections where they don’t exist for more political ends, such as blaming an increase in crime on the sales of hooded sweatshirts. And politicians have been known to confuse cause and effect, thinking that a local crime increase is due to the increased police presence, rather than the other way around.

  Tags: LO2, ml, ml123, mathematics, as10.2.3, as11.2.3, as12.2.3, cricket scores

  • Great resources. Maybe we can change it for South African cricket scores? – By Maggie Verster

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