Knowing and teaching elementary mathematics
Mukunda, Kamala (2017) Knowing and teaching elementary mathematics. At Right Angles, 6 (1). pp. 80-84.
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Abstract
In 2010, the Indian Government decided to take part in an international test called PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment). About 5000 fifteen-year-old students from 200 schools in Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu took tests of reading and mathematical and scientific literacy—along with over a million students in 75 other countries! The results were worse than our worst nightmares: Indian students were literally at the bottom of the list. Nearly 90% of the Indian children who took the PISA were at or below what the PISA 2012 document describes as the 'lowest levels' of literacy and numeracy:
| Item Type: | Articles in APF Magazines |
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| Authors: | Mukunda, Kamala |
| Document Language: | Language English |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | PISA, Indian students, elementary school mathematics, teacher training, in-service training |
| Subjects: | Natural Sciences > Mathematics |
| Divisions: | Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > University Publications > At Right Angles |
| Full Text Status: | Public |
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| URI: | http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/1379 |
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