ALM 13

Proceedings ALM-13,Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2006

Theme: Crossing Borders – Research, Reflection & Practice in Adults Learning Mathematics

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Plenary sessions  
Cultural differences, adult education and mathematics
Gelsa Knijnik

  12

Paper presentations

Crossing   borders   between   numeracy   and   mathematics:   Developing
curriculum pathways in mathematics
Diana Coben, Margaret Brown, Jeremy Hodgen, Ian Stevenson

 25

Adult numeracy: Crossing borders of discourse
Gail. E Fitzsimons

35

Mathematics support for adult learners
Olivia Gill & John O Donoghue

 44

Adult learners go home to their children’s math homework: What happens
when the parent is unsure of the content?
Lynda Ginsburg

 55

Adults just don’t know how stupid they are. Dubious statistics in studies of
adult literacy and numeracy
Inge Henningsen

 67

Diagnosing the Problem:  an investigation into pre-regi strati on nursing
students’ mathematical ability
Lynne Jenkins

 78

On  mathematics   attitudes,   self-efficacy  beliefs   and  math-anxiety  in
commencing undergraduate students
Christopher M. Klinger

 88

A number story as subjective area of experience – a case study with a
maths avoider
Jens Langpaap

 98

Adults returning to mathematics: Key themes emerging in responses to
three different teaching approaches
Barbara Miller-Reilly

 108

Is it possible to empower adults through numeracy teaching?
Lene Oestergaard Johansen

 100

From research to relief: An examination of case studies illustrating math
anxiety
Fred Peskoff & Leonid Khazanov

 116

Professional development in the adult numeracy initiative: A project of the
Unisted States of America Department of Education
Katherine Safford-Ramus

 121

Workshop sessions

What constitutes effective practice in adult numeracy?
Diana Coben, Margaret Brown, Valerie Rhodes, Jon Swain,
Katerina Ananiadou & Peter Brown

 127

Crossing borders between numeracy and ICT in adult numeracy teaching
in Scotland
Diana Coben, Sheena Morrison & Daniel Sellers

 134

Using the history of mathematic s in teaching adult numeracy
David Kaye

140

What should pedagogy for adult numeracy consist of? Or it ain’t what you
do but the way that you do it.
Rachel Stone & Graham Griffiths

 147