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Numeracy, mathematics and Indigenous learners
Make it Count: Numeracy, mathematics and Indigenous learners
Make it count is a four year national project funded by the Department Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) and managed by the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT) as part of the Closing the Gap - expansion of intensive literacy and numeracy programs initiative.
The Resources page on the project website contains a growing collection of resources, papers and articles supporting the work of Make it count.
Numeracy in Indigenous Contexts
Article from Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom vol. 13 no. 4 (2008) in which Bob Perry and Peter Howard discuss the development of teaching and learning strategies designed to enhance Aboriginal students' mathematical learning outcomes.
apmc13-4-perry.pdf 345.32 kB
A Journey Just Begun
Paper by Harry Langes outlining a collaboration between several NSW schools and their local Indigenous community which resulted in a positive and productive partnership (extract from Quality Mathematics in The Middle Years).
qmmy-langes.pdf 140.06 kB
