Ace Maths Unit Two: Developing Understanding in Mathematics (word)
In this unit, the theoretical basis for teaching mathematics 'constructivism' is explored. Varieties of teaching strategies based on constructivist understandings of how learning best takes place are described more
Ace Maths: Solutions Unit One - Exploring What It Means to 'Do' Mathematics (pdf)
The solutions unit consists of the following: * General points for discussion relating to the teaching of the mathematical content in the activities. * Step-by-step mathematical solutions to the activities. * Annotations to the solutions to assist teachers in their understanding the maths as well as teaching issues relating to the mathematical content represented in the activities... more
Ace Maths: Solutions Unit One - Exploring What It Means to 'Do' Mathematics (word)
The solutions unit consists of the following: * General points for discussion relating to the teaching of the mathematical content in the activities * Step-by-step mathematical solutions to the activities. * Annotations to the solutions to assist teachers in their understanding the maths as well as teaching issues relating to the mathematical content represented in the... more
Ace Maths Unit One: Exploring What It Means to 'Do' Mathematics (pdf)
This unit gives a historical background to mathematics education in South Africa, to outcomes-based education and to the national curriculum statement for mathematics. The traditional approach to teaching mathematics is then contrasted with an approach to teaching mathematics that focuses on ?doing? mathematics, and mathematics as a science of pattern and order, in which learners actively... more
Ace Maths Unit One: Exploring What It Means to 'Do' Mathematics (Word)
This unit gives a historical background to mathematics education in South Africa, to outcomes-based education and to the national curriculum statement for mathematics. The traditional approach to teaching mathematics is then contrasted with an approach to teaching mathematics that focuses on ‘doing’ mathematics, and mathematics as a science of pattern and order, in which learners actively... more
The Saide ACEMaths Project: Final Report
A reflective report on the Saide ACEMaths project, which piloted a collaborative approach to the sourcing, adaptation and publication as Open Educational Resources (OERs) of existing suitable materials for use in a variety of South African teacher education programmes. more
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
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