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Numeracy

Part of the joint NIACE and NRDC series, Developing Adult Teaching and Learning: Practitioner Guides

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Jon Swain, Barbara Newmarch and Oonagh Gormley
ISBN: 978 1 86201 337 7
September 2007

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Published by NIACE in partnership with the National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy (NRDC), this is one of a series of guides to good practice – each in a key area of adult education – arising from five Effective Practice Studies carried out by NRDC from 2003 to 2007.

The series looks critically at how emerging and published research can inform the development of teaching and learning strategies for adults. It is designed to support practitioners working in a variety of settings.

Each guide in the series aims to update teachers on research and to encourage them to reflect on their practice. They are intended to inspire teachers to try ideas and approaches which research suggests are effective. Principles of good practice are illustrated by clear and relevant case studies from current research. All examples are highly relevant to the classroom. Pointers to further reading are provided.

This guide aims to update teachers on research about teaching numeracy and to encourage them to reflect on their practice. It is not a manual on teaching numeracy. It inspires teachers to try ideas and approaches which research suggests are effective.

Numeracy is written for teachers working with adults and young people in Skills for Life provision, and draws on findings of recent research studies on effective practice in numeracy, as well as wider research into teaching and learning.

It considers a number of themes to stimulate thinking and challenges teachers to ask questions and undertake their own classroom research to understand how best to help their learners develop their own practice.

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Contents

Acknowledgements  
About this Guide  
Chapter 1 From research to practice
The Effective Practice project
Learners’ attitudes and the reasons they attend numeracy classes
Common forms of practice
What teachers are doing well
What teachers need to develop
The importance of subject-specific pedagogy
Implications for professional development
Chapter 2 Features of ‘good’ or ‘effective’ practice
What the teachers told us from the Effective Practice project
Learners’ perceptions of what makes a good numeracy teacher
Further research evidence
What inspectors are beginning to say
Chapter 3 The teaching process
Teachers’ beliefs about mathematics
Encouraging active learner participation
Planning
Building on what learners know
Mistakes and misconceptions
Organisation of classes: Group work and collaborative learning
Meeting the needs of all learners
Assessment
Chapter 4  
Bibliography  

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The joint NIACE and NRDC series, Developing Adult Teaching and Learning: Practitioner Guides

bulletEmbedding by Helen Casey, Mary Conway, Sue Grief and Desiree Lopez
bulletESOL by Melanie Cooke and Celia Roberts
bulletNumeracy by Jon Swain, Barbara Newmarch and Oonagh Gormley
bulletBridges into learning for priority groups in the community by Yvon Appleby
bulletReading by Maxine Burton
bulletResponding to People's Lives by Yvon Appleby and David Barton
bulletUsing ICT by Barbara Nance, Maria Kambouri and Harvey Mellar
bulletWorking with Young Adults by Bethia McNeil
bulletWriting by Sue Grief and Jan Chatterton

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