My latest Mathematics bookmarks

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Weekly maths bookmarks (weekly)


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Saturday, October 24, 2009

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The book of numbers

I am reading The book of numbers which I got from this wonderful site where you can download quite a lot of different mathematics books. Go ahead, read with me or hop on over to the XPmath site to download a few for your collection....



Saturday, October 17, 2009

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Measuring teaching and learning in mathematics

Following on from the symposium on Friday where we talked a lot about good and "not so good" maths learners and how we measure if they are good or "not so good", I stumbled on this lovely little presentation on "How can we measure teaching and learning in mathematics?". Just wait for it to load, then click on the screen to go through the prezzi or if you want to see it fullscreen, click on MORE on the bottom right of the prezzi and choose fullscreen)

Monday, October 12, 2009

Marang Symposium Feedback

I attended the Marang symposium at Wits last Friday which considered ways in which we can judge last years examinations by taking a closer look at the papers and assessment structure. The talks centred around the questions:

* What do different ways of classifying questions reveal about the relationship between the intended and examined curriculum?

* What does this reveal about the relationship between the policy documents and practice?

* What role can taxonomies play in analyzing the standard of the examinations, the spread of mathematical and science activities and what do they reveal about nature of the examinations and the conceptualization of the subjects?

Prof Hamsa Venkat kicked off by discussing a critique of the Mathematical Literacy assessment taxonomy. Lynn Bowie looked at it from a mathematics point of view and also examined different taxonomies. Arnout (always entertaining) then did a summary and his take on the issues and perspectives by providing a critique, not only on the two papers, but also on assessment practices regarding maths and maths literacy in general. You can (must) listen to the actual podcasts of the sessions, by clicking On each podcast:

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Hamsa's presentation (View while listening to her podcast):
Critiquing the Mathematical Literacy assessment taxonomy

Lynn's presentation: (View while listening to her podcast):
Cognitive levels and types of mathematical activities

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Saturday, October 10, 2009

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Saturday, October 3, 2009

Weekly maths bookmarks (weekly)


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