Essays on Numeracy

A combined classroom is the concept of placing the students from two successive grades in a single classroom with one teacher. This trend is constantly on the rise and many researches have been conducted all over the world whether this new concept is a good move or not. This concept has both supporters and those who oppose it. The people who are concerned about this concept are mostly the parents. The researches which were conducted show evidence that the students, in split grades, perform as good as the students in the combined grade classes (Riggio, 2015). The diversity in ...

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Given that the relationship between music education and mathematics education has been speculated for a long time, the study seeks to investigate whether music education has effect on mathematics education or not. It is perceived that children who learn mathematics through music and dance tend to be more active, and would retain the same information well even by verbal instructions. Using a controlled randomized experiment, the study will involve 6th grade school going children from one city. Before the tests are administered in the factors, as music and mathematics, letters seeking permissions from parents will be sent. The letters ...

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Education is a critical sector in most countries regardless of whether developed or developing. Efforts to ensure quality and meaningful education for the citizens consumes significant government and state resources in supporting education and related researches that seek to improve education. A lot of research has been done, both in the past and ongoing, to find out ways of ensuring better education, and other aspects of teachings that can facilitate efficacy in cost and value creation to learners across all levels of education. The research cuts long, diverse areas of the education, each having its approaches and objectives. The ...

There was a time in my career when I was in a dilemma whether to quit or to assert my values in the implementation of our project. There is this project on poverty alleviation and we were task to make the project socially acceptable through a campaign drive including press releases. Personally, I didn’t like the project simply because it does not really alleviate the people from poverty because it is dole out. In my opinion which is drawn from many dole out projects, it will only create dependency among the poor people instead of empowering them towards ...

Curiositea Gift Company, the project that I developed together with other four girls, had the mission to sell affordable handmade vintage teacups filled with tea scented candles, shower gel or bath bombs, separately or as a gift. For this aim, we targeted as the end use women aged 30-50, with refined tests for home accessories and an interest in relaxation, harmony and aesthetics. The direct buyers, however, are much more varied, ranging from students to adults who desire to purchase gifts for their friends, mothers, and acquaintances. The main marketing strategy consisted in a combination of strong social media ...

Insights that behavioral finance provide for personal finance and personal financial planning

Behavioral finance is a fresh hypothesis in the finance theory. It aims at understanding and forestalling the psychosomatic decision-making of private investors and the repercussions of such decisions on the financial market. It fails to substitute but compliments the existing theories of finance and investment (Tyson, 2012). The task looks at psychological investment decisions and financial planning of individuals. The paper seeks to provide clear information regarding the insight that behavioral finance aspects provide in personal finance in addition to financial planning. So as to do this, I will explore behavioral finance. Then I will discuss the components of ...

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The chapter on male contraceptives was one sided because the focus was on the male reproductive system, and the tests carried out to come up with an affordable contraceptive. Although there is a section in the chapter that talks about the views that women had concerning male contraceptives, and whether women would like their male counterparts to join in the contraceptive use. Besides, a study of 450 women showed that the women supported the use of contraceptives by male colleagues (Glasier et al., 2000). Apart from that, male contraception will significantly affect the consumer health market. Besides, as the population ...

Independent Research

Independent Research Education is the process through which organized knowledge is passed from one generation to the other. The passing of knowledge occurs through teaching, research or can happen through guidance from educational specialist. Education is a basic right recognized by the international convention on Economic, social and cultural rights. Most governments in the world have recognized the need for education. Education is compulsory in most jurisdictions, unlike the schooling. Schooling in western countries is not compulsory. The need to go to a classroom and get instructions from a tutor has been replaced by e-learning. E-learning creates a virtual learning environment ...

Maths and Numeracy in the Real World

Mathematics can be considered as aspect of involving the idea of communication, problem-solving, and searching for patterns. Mathematics happens to be one of the important subjects in any school curriculum, together with sciences and English. The reason behind it being so highly regarded is that it exhibits essential life skills. Numeracy on the other may be simply stated to mean numerical literacy. Numerical literacy involves the use of some mathematical aspects to achieve various purposes in varying context. As much as numeracy is under mathematics the two differ in various aspects. In school, mathematics is important as it ...

Early Stage 1, Kindergarten

Lesson Evaluation: Did the lesson go as planned?

Were the instructions clear?

Did the students understand the story? Did the students understand the task? Did the students work well together in groups? Did the students enjoy working together? Were there any problems during the group activity?

Were there any unexpected outcomes?

How would I change this lesson for future use? Did the lesson cater for all students?

Where do I take the students now?

Sample Train Pocket Chart MATHEMATICS LESSON PLAN #2 Early Stage 1, Kindergarten Lesson Evaluation: Did the lesson go as planned? Were the instructions clear? Did the students understand the task? ...

Skill development for workers with low literacy and numeracy levels

Question 1: Write a brief overview of the issue and describe the problems and challenges arising from the issue

In Australia, the prevalence of employees who have low numeracy and literacy skills is high, and it depends on the sector or industry. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (2012) revealed that about 7million of workers in Australia had literacy problems, below the minimum expected for normal work functions. Also, 7.9 million had problems with numeracy skills, meaning that such workers keep holding Australia back. This means that most of the occupations or fields have got workers with low skills in numeracy ...

Introducing mathematical concepts in a class can cause lots of moans and grumbling, but only at first. This is because there are tools and methods available for teachers in order to make the students interested in learning maths. Math is absolutely necessary for students to learn because they use it so often every day of their lives. By empowering children to learn math; calculating numbers can become a natural part of their day instead of something to fear or to avoid. Interestingly children have various personal strategies when it comes to the basic concepts of mathematics. Mack (2011) gives an example ...