Measuring academic numeracy: beyond competence testing
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| Paper/Presentation Title | Measuring academic numeracy: beyond competence testing |
|---|---|
| Presentation Type | Paper |
| Authors | |
| Author | Galligan, Linda |
| Editors | Clark, Julie, Kissane, Barry, Mousley, Judith, Spencer, Toby and Thornton, Steve |
| Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 34th Annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA 2011) |
| Journal Citation | 2, pp. 288-296 |
| Number of Pages | 9 |
| Year | 2011 |
| Publisher | Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) |
| Place of Publication | South Australia |
| ISBN | 9781875900718 |
| 9781875900695 | |
| Web Address (URL) of Conference Proceedings | https://merga.net.au/publications/annual-conference-proceedings/ |
| Conference/Event | 34th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA34) |
| Event Details | 34th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA34) Parent Annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Delivery In person Event Date 03 to end of 07 Jul 2011 Event Location Alice Springs, Australia |
| Abstract | Academic numeracy consists of three critical elements: competence, confidence and critical awareness of students' own mathematical knowledge and the mathematics used in students' future professions. This definition is used to frame pre-test assessment in a first year nursing program. Competence and confidence were measured using a paper and pencil test. Critical awareness was measured via students' reflections on their own performance, their relationship to mathematics and their understanding of how mathematics relates to nursing. Results show issues related to professional numeracy practices including relatively low understanding of the connection between mathematics and nursing. |
| Keywords | higher education research; numeracy; nursing education; testing |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390109. Mathematics and numeracy curriculum and pedagogy |
| 390110. Medicine, nursing and health curriculum and pedagogy | |
| 420599. Nursing not elsewhere classified | |
| Public Notes | © AAMT & MERGA 2011. Blanket permission for all MERGA publications received 20/8/2006 from Dr J Mousley, President, Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. |
| Byline Affiliations | Department of Mathematics and Computing |
| Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q0ww2/measuring-academic-numeracy-beyond-competence-testing
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