Meaningful mathematics in the middle years Vale, Colleen 1999, Meaningful mathematics in the middle years, in In Global Issues & Local Effects : The challenge for Educational Research : Proceedings of Annual Conference of AARE and NZARE, Melbourne, Australia, 29th November - 2nd December, 1999., AARE, Coldstream, Vic.. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads vale-meaningfulmathematics-1999.pdf Published version application/pdf 67.57KB 614 Title Meaningful mathematics in the middle years Author(s) Vale, Colleen orcid.org/0000-0002-9070-7071 Conference name AARE-NZARE Joint Conference (3rd : 1999 : Melbourne, Vic.) Conference location Melbourne, Vic. Conference dates 29 Nov.-2 Dec. 1999 Title of proceedings In Global Issues & Local Effects : The challenge for Educational Research : Proceedings of Annual Conference of AARE and NZARE, Melbourne, Australia, 29th November - 2nd December, 1999. Editor(s) Jeffery, Ruth Rich, Samantha Publication date 1999 Conference series AARE-NZARE Joint Conference Total pages 7 Publisher AARE Place of publication Coldstream, Vic. Keyword(s) teaching learning numeracy mathematics young adolescents Summary This paper describes an action research project that investigated issues concerning the teaching and learning of numeracy in the middle years. Building on research concerning the middle years of schooling, and their own experience of teaching mathematics in years 5 - 8, a group of teachers, drawn from four schools, trialed strategies intended to improve the engagement, attitudes and outcomes of their students in mathematics. The group recommended at the end of the study that mathematics needs to be meaningful for young adolescents. The concept of meaningful mathematics is explored through a description of the actions and findings of the teachers participating in this project. Notes Reproduced with the kind permission of the copyright owner. Language eng Field of Research 139999 Education not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970113 Expanding Knowledge in Education HERDC Research category E1.1 Full written paper - refereed Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30044036 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Education Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 05 Apr 2012, 14:38:15 EST Tue, 10 Jul 2012, 11:49:27 EST Tue, 10 Jul 2012, 11:57:33 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 18:35:05 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 12:30:34 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 15:49:52 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 381 Abstract Views, 614 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 05 Apr 2012, 14:38:15 EST