ALM 6

Proceedings ALM-6, Sheffield, United Kingdom, 1999

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Preface  
Plenary Sessions  
Keynote address: Mathematics in use: insights from a study of the workplaceCelia Hoyles

1

Plenary address: Fun with mathematicsFrank Haacke

 4

Research reports  
Improving adults’ quantitative problem solving skills: a new approachNoel Colleran, John O’Donoghue and Eamonn Murphy

 8

Facilitation of the Learning of Mathematics by Adult Students : Building a Theoretical FrameworkKatherine Safford

30

Reformation of a Bridging Mathematics courseDoreen Hartnell

 39

Affect and mathematics learning – some remarksWolfgang Schiôglmann

 51

Solving problems in everyday life: the interplay of different categories of knowledge and feelingsDhamma Colwell

 60

Who teaches maths in Higher Education?Pat Drake

 72

Becoming critical of adult numeracy in a Freirean literacy programAna Lucia Braz Dias

 82

Workshops   
Adult numeracy tutor training in England: past, present and futureDiana Coben and Joy Joseph

 92

Classroom Assistants and mathematicsAnne Kennelly

 105

Numeracy assessment for the International Life Skills SurveyMieke van Groenestijn and Mary Jane Schmitt

 116

Modelling workshop: how should we plan 400m run lanes?!Juergen Maasz and Wolfgang Schlôglmann

 123

Dyslexia and maths and dyscalculiaPat Healy

 127

Work in progress: developing a national framework for adults’ mathematical educationJohn O’Donoghue

 136

Parents as learners of mathematicsMarta Civil

 141

Competence and paralysis: a.case studyJanet Duffin

 148

Skills in arithmetic/mathematicsSimone van Duin, Netty van Leek and Mieke de Laat

 155

Strategies for mental mathematicsSylvia Johnson

159

Topic Groups  
Developing a theoretical framework for adult mathematics learning and teachingRoseanne Benn, Juergen Maasz and Kathy Safford

165

The role of technology in supporting adult mathematics learningHarry Sormani

169

Socio-cultural perspectives on adult mathematics learningDhamma Colwell

171

Affective factors in adult mathematics learningAlison Tomlin

174

Poster Sessions  
West of England Numeracy Tutors ForumRuth Pocklinghorne, Meg North and Joy Joseph

 180

ALM meets APN: mathematics/socialism/historyDavid Kaye, Valerie Seabright

 183

Modelling masksCaz Randall

192