Investigating students' academic numeracy in 1st level university courses
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Article Title | Investigating students' academic numeracy in 1st level |
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ERA Journal ID | 20493 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Galligan, Linda (Author) and Hobohm, Carola (Author) |
Journal Title | Mathematics Education Research Journal |
Journal Citation | 27 (2), pp. 129-145 |
Number of Pages | 17 |
Year | 2015 |
Publisher | Springer |
Place of Publication | Dordrecht, Netherlands |
ISSN | 1033-2170 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s13394-014-0132-9 |
Web Address (URL) | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13394-014-0132-9 |
Abstract | This paper investigates how an online test ('Self-Test' developed at the University of Southern Queensland) can enrich students' understanding of their academic numeracy, through a purpose-built, self-assessment tool aligned with online modules. Since its creation and evaluation, the tool has been developed and tailored to suit other first year courses based around an academic numeracy framework of competence, confidence and critical awareness (Galligan 2013a). This paper will highlight how the new Self-Test is underpinned by this framework and how students'levels of numeracy can be better understood by the lecturer through Self-Test in a first year nursing for numeracy course and a maths for teachers course. It particularly addresses over- and under-confidence, error analysis and students' reflective comments, and how this understanding can better inform course development and teaching. |
Keywords | nursing; academic numeracy; pre-service teaching; diagnostic testing; higher education research |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390303. Higher education |
390109. Mathematics and numeracy curriculum and pedagogy | |
390402. Education assessment and evaluation | |
Public Notes | Copyright Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Inc. 2014. Permanent restricted access to published version due to publisher copyright policy. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Agricultural, Computational and Environmental Sciences |
University of the Sunshine Coast | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2q30/investigating-students-academic-numeracy-in-1st-level-university-courses
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