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 |