ALM 14

Proceedings ALM-14, Limerick, Ireland, 2007

Theme: The Changing Face of Adults Mathematics Education: Learning from the Past, Planning for the Future

Complete Proceedings 6.69 Mb

Separate articles from the proceedings (searchable pdf)

Plenary sessions  
Bailey, Inez; Director, National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA)

Overview of the Adult Literacy System in Ireland & Current Issues

in its implementation

  16

Johnson, Sylvia; Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom

Professional Development of the Adult Numeracy Teaching

Workforce

  34

Maasz, Juergen; University ofLinz, Austria

The slowly changing face of Adults Mathematics Education in Austria

Not Learning from the past means no chance of Planning

Improvements for the future

  53

O Driscoll, Eoin; CEO, Adora, Chairman of Forfás Ireland

Skills for a Knowledge Economy

65

Paper presentations

Bendiksen, Varil

The Norwegian national programme for adult numeracy: A presentation of the national standards, teacher’s guide and test material that are being developed *

69

Byrne, Catherine, McElligott, Gerard  & Brendan O Hará

Mathematics in prison education *

 79

Close, Sean

A comparison of the frameworks and items of the ALLS numeracy surveys and the PISA mathematical literacy surveys *

 87

Coben, Diana

Numeracy for nursing: The case for a benchmark

 88

Coben, Diana; Morrison, Sheena; Sellers, Daniel

Using ICT in Adult Numeracy Teaching

 103

Crammer, Kathleen

Integrating Numeracy across the curriculum *

 111

De Agüero, Mercedes

When women cook mole and men build a wall

 121

FitzSimons, Gail

Integrating ICT into adult mathematics education: an activity theoretical approach

 137

Florión, Raber & Wolfgang, Schlbglmann

An investigation to ‘mathematical literacy’ of adults using PISA- items

 146

Gill, Olivia & O ‘Donoghue, John

Justifying the existence of Mathematics learning support: Measuring the effectiveness of a mathematics learning centre

 154

Hoogland,Kees

Multimedia learning tools for Numeracy

 165

Hosková, Sarka & Racková, Pavlina

Experience of mathematics blended learning at the University of Defence

 177

Hylton, Liz

Using Quantitative Reasoning to explore history and mathematics in pop culture

 194

Klinger, Christopher

Experience, the difference: maths attitudes & beliefs in commencing undergraduate students and pre-tertiary adult learners

 197

Lanigan, Michael

Small scale Educational Action Research Project: Assisting Adult Learners Develop confidence in Mathematics – A Contemporary Approach to a Traditional Problem *

 207

Lundetre, Kjersti

Adults’ mathematical self concept-dependent on gender?

 213

Ni Fhloinn, Eabhnat

Assisting Adult Learners within a maths learning centre

 233

Ni Riordain Maire & O’Donoghue John

Language Issues for adults learning mathematics through a second language

 241

O’Donoghue, John & Van der Kooij, Henk

Assessing Quantitative Skills

 251

Oestergaard Johansen, Lene

Two ‘grand stories’ about good practice in adult numeracy teaching – taking stock of our area

 264

Safford-Ramus, Katherine

Findings from the Professional Development study within the Adult Numeracy Initiative, a project of the United States Department of Education

 271

Robinson, Paul; O ‘Sullivan, Ciaran & Coman, Pat

Teaching Semester 1 Mathematics in a flexible delivery mode Higher Certificate in Electronic Engineering

276

Wedege, Tine

A gender perspective on Adults’ motivation and resistance to study mathematics

289

Gillies, Roslyn K; Nicholls, John C & Armstrong Lyn M

Three bridging course preparing students for the mathematical demands of tertiary study.

(This paper was inadvertently omitted from the ALM12 proceedings and is included here

at the request of the conference organisers)

 299

Workshop sessions

Hansen, Eigil

Visual Math

 312

Home, Marj

Using a spreadsheet for teaching & learning

 313

McDonnell, Ann

An exploration of peer coaching

314

Randall, Louise & Troutmann, Todd

Alternative Mathematical Delivery

 315

Topic groups

Kaye, David; Maasz, Juergen & Safford-Ramus, Katherine

Learning from the past, planning for the future: Sketching out a research agenda for numeracy education

 317

Ni Fhloinn, Eabhnat; Gill, Olivia & Donal Dow ling

Maths Learning Centres in 3rd Level: Providing solid foundations or papering over cracks?

 323

Poster presentation

Carr, Michael & Ni Fhloinn, Eabhnat

Increasing learning by decreasing choice: What do students think?

 327

Appendices

Appendix 1

ALM Achievements

 330

Appendix 2

International Congresses on Mathematical Education (ICME)

331

Appendix 3

An ALM Bibliography: Published writings by ALM members to May 2007

 332
Appendix 4Definitions on the Concept of Numeracy, as presented & discussed by ALM members during conferences in the past ten years  380