In these past nine years, Mathews has drastically improved
the numeracy abilities of students across the school at Brisbane Bayside State College, and credits her success to her innovative and evidence - based teaching style.
Not exact matches
Although there is much more to the school curriculum than literacy and
numeracy,
students»
abilities to read and understand different forms
of written material and to apply mathematics to everyday problems are among the most important outcomes
of an effective curriculum.
It is really about taking account
of significant differences among
students in terms
of their
ability (or disability), rate
of learning, language proficiency, literacy and
numeracy skills — and then using this knowledge to adapt the way the curriculum and learning activities are presented.
«
Numeracy moments» was an instant success at the school, and Mathews was then met with the task
of further developing the mathematical
abilities of her
students with more challenging problem solving tasks.
Micro-schools do not typically focus on basic literacy and
numeracy, which does not bode well for democratizing access, as both scaling and equity require accepting
students with a broad range
of experiences and incoming
abilities.