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Personalising mathematics for low SES students in schools with open-plan settings

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posted on 2023-05-24, 04:50 authored by Cox, P, Waldrip, BG, Prain, V
Mathematics educators now broadly agree about key dimensions of quality mathematics programs and experiences (Schoenfeld, 2014), but achieving these practices in schools with high concentrations of low SES students remains a challenge in many countries (Black, 2007; Greeno & Collins, 2008). In this chapter we first review current understandings of what enables quality learning in mathematics, as a basis for reporting on the impacts of personalised learning approaches to this subject in three of the BEP colleges: Whirrakee, Ironbark and Melaleuca. We claim that the open-plan settings operated as a catalyst for curricular reform in mathematics, leading to improved student performance and enhanced student attitudes to this subject.

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Australian Research Council

History

Publication title

Personalising Learning in Open-Plan Schools

Editors

V Prain, P Cox, C Deed, D Edwards, C Farrelly, M Keeffe, V Lovejoy, L Mow, P Sellings, B Waldrip,

Pagination

121-142

ISBN

978-94-6300-191-5

Department/School

Faculty of Education

Publisher

Sense Publishers

Place of publication

Rotterdam

Extent

13

Rights statement

Copyright 2015 Sense Publishers

Repository Status

  • Restricted

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Other education and training not elsewhere classified

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