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posted on 2023-05-23, 06:53 authored by Jane WatsonJane Watson, Helen ChickHelen Chick
This paper analyses the responses of 247 middle school students to items requiring the concept of average in three different contexts: a city's weather reported in maximum daily temperature, the number of children in a family and the price of houses. The mixed but overall disappointing performance on the six items in three contexts indicates the need for concerted efforts to link numeracy across the curriculum as required in the new Australian Curriculum.

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Publication title

Mathematics Education: Expanding Horizons - Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia

Editors

J Dindyal, LP Cheng and SW Ng

Pagination

753-760

ISBN

978-981-07-2527-3

Department/School

Faculty of Education

Publisher

MERGA Inc.

Place of publication

Singapore

Event title

35th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia

Event Venue

Singapore

Date of Event (Start Date)

2012-07-02

Date of Event (End Date)

2012-07-06

Rights statement

Copyright 2012 MERGA Inc.

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