Teaching and Learning Mathematics in Diverse Classrooms. Reading: Understanding Intrapersonal Characteristics (PDF)
The impact of intrapersonal characteristics on school performance and learner development - A reading to accompany Unit Six of the module: Teaching and Learning Mathematics in Diverse Classrooms. This reading is useful because it summaraizes the various theoretical perspectives for understanding inclusive education, and because it uses case studies of typical learners to illustrate how... more
Teaching and Learning in Mathematics in Diverse Classrooms.Reading: Understanding Intrapersonal Characteristics (Word)
The impact of intrapersonal characteristics on school performance and learner development - A reading to accompany Unit Six of the module: Teaching and Learning Mathematics in Diverse Classrooms. The reading is useful because it summarizes the various theoretical perspectives for understanding inclusive education, and because it uses case studies of typical learners to illustrate how... more
Teaching and Learning Mathematics in Diverse Classrooms. Reading: Guidelines for Inclusive Learning Programmes (word)
A reading to accompany Unit Six of the module: Teaching and Learning Mathematics in Diverse Classrooms. This Reading consists of two extracts from a document "Guidelines for Inclusive Education Learning Programmes" produced by the Department of Education in June 2005. more
Ace Maths Unit Five: Building assessment into teaching and learning (Word)
This unit explores outcomes-based assessment of mathematics in terms of five main questions – Why assess? (the purposes of assessment); What to assess? (achievement of outcomes, but also understanding, reasoning and problem-solving ability); How to assess? (methods, tools and techniques); How to interpret the results of assessment? (the importance of criteria and rubrics for outcomes-based... more
Ace Maths Unit Four: Planning in the problem-based classroom (pdf)
In addition to outlining a step-by-step approach for a problem-based lesson, this unit looks at the role of group work and co-operative learning in the mathematics class, as well as the role of practice in problem-based mathematics classes. more
On OERs: Five ideas to guide engagement with the Open Educational Resources 'movement'
This brief paper was developed in response to the launching of the Cape Town Declaration that set itself up as a manifesto of a 'movement', the 'open education movement'.It describes five ideas that SAIDE regards as important in engaging with the OER 'movement'. more
The Saide Materials Design Wheel Review Tool
This is a review tool suitable for both materials design and materials evaluation. It is based on an evolving Saide approach to materials design inspired by the concept of the learning cycle developed by Ian Moll when he was at Saide. more
Copyright in the ACEMaths project
This short paper presents the thinking on copyright that informed the ACEMaths project when it started. more
Saide's OER initiatives
A presentation by Tessa Welch to the DETA (Distance Education and Teacher Training in Africa) conference, 7 August 2007 on /Saide's/ OER initiatives (before OER Africa was born). It provides a useful insight into what OERs are and how their vision can be realised in various ways. more
One to Many: A Collective Approach to Adapting a Maths Module for a Variety of Programmes
Paper presented by Tessa Welch and Ingrid Sapire to the TEP Consortium conference: 'Teacher development and institutional change in an evolving education context', 29 May 2007, Benoni more
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