Understanding decimal numbers : a foundation for correct calculations Pierce, Robyn U., Steinle, Vicki A., Stacey, Kaye C. and Widjaja, Wanty 2008, Understanding decimal numbers : a foundation for correct calculations, International journal of nursing education scholarship, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 1-15. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Understanding decimal numbers : a foundation for correct calculations Author(s) Pierce, Robyn U. Steinle, Vicki A. Stacey, Kaye C. Widjaja, Wanty orcid.org/0000-0002-7288-6088 Journal name International journal of nursing education scholarship Volume number 5 Issue number 1 Start page 1 End page 15 Total pages 15 Publisher Berkeley Electronic Press Place of publication Berlin, Germany Publication date 2008 ISSN 1548-923X Keyword(s) adult numeracy decimal numbers workplace numeracy e education Summary This paper reports on the effectiveness of an intervention designed to improve nursing students’ conceptual understanding of decimal numbers. Results of recent intervention studies have indicated some success at improving nursing students’ numeracy through practice in applying procedural rules for calculation and working in real or simulated practical contexts. However, in this we identified a fundamental problem: a significant minority of students had an inadequate understanding of decimal numbers. The intervention aimed to improve nursing students’ basic understanding of the size of decimal numbers, so that, firstly, calculation rules are more meaningful, and secondly, students can interpret decimal numbers (whether digital output or results of calculations) sensibly. A well-researched, time-efficient diagnostic instrument was used to identify individuals with an inadequate understanding of decimal numbers. We describe a remedial intervention that resulted in significant improvement on a delayed post-intervention test. We conclude that nurse educators should consider diagnosing and, as necessary, plan for remediation of students’ foundational understanding of decimal numbers before teaching procedural rules. Language eng Field of Research 130209 Medicine, Nursing and Health Curriculum and Pedagogy Socio Economic Objective 930103 - Learner Development HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2008, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30048407 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Education   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 17 Sep 2012, 17:34:50 EST Mon, 17 Sep 2012, 17:35:51 EST Tue, 18 Sep 2012, 09:23:40 EST Fri, 21 Sep 2012, 15:20:32 EST Thu, 27 Sep 2012, 10:04:30 EST Thu, 27 Sep 2012, 10:06:01 EST Wed, 10 Oct 2012, 08:01:14 EST Fri, 08 Mar 2013, 13:36:27 EST Thu, 11 Dec 2014, 18:22:53 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 12 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 243 Abstract Views, 4 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 17 Sep 2012, 17:34:49 EST by Wanty Widjaja

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