ALM 15

Proceedings ALM-15,Philadelphia, USA, 2008

Theme: A Declaration of Numeracy: Empowering Adults Through  Mathematics Education

Proceedings

Complete Proceedings  3.22 Mb

Separate articles from the proceedings (searchable pdf)

Plenary sessions  
Blaire, Richelle; President, American Mathematics Association of

Two-Year Colleges

If You are Standing Still, You are Falling Behind! Embracing Change in

Standards-Based Mathematics Instruction: It Comes Straight from

the Heart!

  2

Coben, Diana; King’s College London *

Numeracy for Nursing: The Scope for International Collaboration

  3

Weimar, Steve; The Math Forum, Drexel University

Math Forum: Its Utility for Teachers of Adults

  16

Paper presentations

Brown, Jill

Promoting Active Learning in Essential Skills Numeracy Project 2007

Post-16 Sector, Northern Ireland

 18

Chanda, Noyona & Griffiths, Graham *

The Al-jabr of Numeracy: Restoring the Balance (Between Literacy and

Numeracy)

 19

Connolly, Edel *

Fun Maths for Parents

 32

De Forest, James

The Reduction of Remedial Mathematics in Secondary and Postsecondary

Schools in Kentucky

 43

Ginsburg, Lynda & Farina, Solange

Traversing Two Worlds: Participating in Adult Math Classes and Helping

with Children’s Homework

 44

Has si, Marja-Liisa *

Empowering Undergraduate Students through Mathematical Thinking

and Learning

 53

Hassi, Marja-Liisa; Hannula, Aino & i Nevado, Laia Saló *

Opportunities for Improving Adults’ Basic Mathematical Skills:

The Case of Finland

 70

Johnson, Pete

A Coding Scheme for Mathematical Knowledge Embedded in Print Media

 84

Kantner, M. Joanne *

Partitioning: Instructor Mathematics Philosophy Shaping Community

College Mathematics

 85

Kaye, David & Chanda, Noyona

Numeracy, Mathematics and Everything: Is the answer 42?

 102

Kaye, David; Griffiths, Graham & Moulton, Ruth *

Pythagoras, Phi, Probability and Pi: Taking the/? and Putting it

Into Mathematics

 110

Klinger, Christopher M. *

Passing it on: Linking Adult Innumeracy to Mathematics Attitudes, Low

Self-Efficacy Beliefs, and Math-Anxiety in Student Primary Teachers

 123

Kvalo, Svein

The Numeracy Framework for Adults—Learning at the Workplace:

The Programme for Basic Competence in Working Life

 133

McDonnell, Anne

Youth Disengaged: An International Concern?

 146

Menéndez-Gómez, José María & Civil, Marta *

The Role of Cognition and Affect on Adults’ Participation in a Nonformal

Setting for Learning Mathematics

 147

Miller-Reilly, Barbara

Evaluating a Mathematics Course for Adults Transitioning to Tertiary

Studies

 165

Osafehinti, Isaac Olorunfemi *

Mathematics in Adult Education: The Nigerian Experience

 166

Richards, Sarah

Developing Formative Assessment Approaches with Reluctant Mathematics

Teachers in Rural Honduras

 176

Safford-Ramus, Katherine

What Mathematics Should Adults Learn? Adult Mathematics Instruction as a

Corollary to Two Decades of School Mathematics Reform

 177

Schmitt, Mary Jane; Bingman, Beth & Curry, Donna

Initial Findings from Research on the TIAN Project: A New Professional

Development Model for Adult Education Math Teachers

 190

Sitomer, Ann & Bartlo, Joanna

Exploring Parents’ Experiences with Standards-Based Curricula

 180

Workshop sessions

Bishara, Mak; Hutchings, Lloyd B.; McCuaig, Susannah & El masody, Amar
Easily and Economically Overcoming Cognitive and Affective Obstacles to
Competent Numeracy in a Wide Range of Adults

 200

Brover, Charles; Deagan, Denise; Farina, Solange & McGee, Lynn

United States Elections: What’s Fair? Problem-solving for Social Justice

 211

Brown, Viv

Post-16 Networking in England to Share Active Learning Approaches to

Mathematics/Numeracy

212

Byrne, Catherine

Teaching Mathematics and Citizenship in Prison Education

 218

Kaye, David; Griffiths, Graham & Moulton, Ruth

I’ve Got a Luverly Bunch of Calculations: A ‘Market Stall’ of Activities that

Develop Language and Numeracy

225

Home, Marj

Supporting Fraction Understanding

 233

Kelly, Beth

Numeracy Skills, Employability and the Role of the Education Sector

Developing Relevant Numeracy Skills at Work

 241

Khazonov, Leonid & Gourgey, Annette F*

Instructors’ Perspectives on Students’ Mistaken Beliefs about Probability

in an Elementary College Statistics Course

 249

Topic groups 

Safford-Ramus, Katherine

Learning from the Past, Planning for the Future: Sketching Out a Research

Agenda for Numeracy Education

 266

Kaye, David & Safford-Ramus, Katherine

A Declaration of Numeracy Research: Advancing the International

Research Agenda

 269