Improving Primary Mathematics Education, Teaching and Learning: Research for Development in Resource-Constrained Contexts

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Intervening in the Learning and Teaching of Numeracy in Contexts of Poverty....Pages 3-9
Advocating Linked Research and Development in the Primary Mathematics Education Landscape in Contexts of Poverty....Pages 11-23
Front Matter....Pages 25-25
Using Assessments to Explore Early and Later Performance in Mathematics....Pages 27-43
Researching the Nature of Early Numeracy Progression in After-School Clubs....Pages 45-60
Adapting Aspects of the Mathematics Recovery Programme for Use in Various South African Contexts....Pages 61-78
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
Adapting Mathematics Recovery Individual Assessments for Group Administration in Resource-Constrained Contexts....Pages 81-95
Using an Adapted Model of Reciprocal Teaching to Help Children Unpack Their Word Sums....Pages 97-113
Language in Early Number Learning in South Africa: Linking Transparency and Explicitness....Pages 115-128
Learners Exemplifying for Themselves: Grade 2’s Telling Additive Relations Stories....Pages 129-146
Do the Annual National Assessments in Mathematics Unfairly Assess English Language Competence at the Expense of Mathematical Competence?....Pages 147-159
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
Changing Teaching Through a Resources Approach....Pages 163-178
From Theory to Practice: Challenges in Adopting Pedagogies of Mathematising in South Africa....Pages 179-197
Characterizing Responsive Primary Mathematics Teaching in the South African Context....Pages 199-216
Key Aspects of Communities of Practice That Enable Primary Maths Teacher Learning....Pages 217-234
Continuing the Conversation: Reflections on Five Years of Primary Numeracy Research in South Africa....Pages 235-245
Back Matter....Pages 247-255