Learning and Teaching for Mathematical Literacy
Supporting materials
This site contains supporting material such as up-to-date web links, enlarged images and video for the book Learning and Teaching for Mathematical Literacy (ISBN 9781032301174).
Contents
Chapter 1 – What is mathematical literacy?
- 1A
- PISA 2022 Mathematics Framework – PISA/OECD
- 1B
- Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies – OECD
- 1C
- PISA Released Mathematics Items 2012 – PISA/OECD
- 1D
- reSolve special topic: Mathematical Modelling – reSolve
- 1E
- Can mathematical models predict the future? – Pablo Rodríguez-Sánchez
- 1F
- Numeracy Through Problem Solving: Be a Paper Engineer – Shell Centre for Mathematical Education
- 1G
- The Language of Functions and Graphs – Shell Centre for Mathematical Education
- 1H
- Gapminder –
- 1J
- How risky is life – Bowland Maths/reSolve
Chapter 2 – The power of tasks
- 2A
- PISA Released Mathematics Items 2006/2012 – PISA/OECD
- 2B
- The Language of Functions and Graphs – Shell Centre for Mathematical Education
- 2C
- Classroom Challenges – Mathematics Assessment Project
- 2D
- Questioning and reasoning – Bowland Maths
- 2E
- Numeracy Through Problem Solving: Plan a Trip – Shell Centre for Mathematical Education
- 2F
- Mechanical Linkages and Deductive Geometry – reSolve
- 2G
- Rice and chessboard problem –
Chapter 3 – Teaching for mathematical literacy
- 3A
- The TRU Framework – Teaching for Robust Understanding Project
- 3B
- Reducing Road Accidents – Bowland Maths (2008)
- 3C
- SMART::tests – SMART Research
- 3D
- Gapminder –
- 3E
- Numeracy Across the Curriculum – Victoria Department of Education
- 3F
- A Guide to Simpson's Diversity Index – Royal Geographic Society
- 3G
- Simpson’s Diversity Index Calculator – Statology
- 3H
- Professional Development Modules – Bowland Maths (2008)
Chapter 4 – How risky is life?
- 4A
- National life tables – Office for National Statistics (UK)
- 4B
- How risky is life – Bowland Maths/reSolve
- 4C
- Visualising small risks – Bowland Maths (2008)
- 4D
- Drowning Reports – Australian Royal Life Saving
- 4E
- Simulating random variations – Bowland Maths/reSolve
- 4F
- Basic epidemic model spreadsheet – the book authors
- 4G
- UK Covid-19 data sources – UK government&ONS
- 4H
- As Covid deaths in the UK pass the grim milestone of 200,000, what have we learned? – The Guardian
- 4J
- Excess mortality in England and English regions – Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
- 4K
- Representing Probabilities: Medical Testing – Mathematics Assessment Project
- 4L
- Medical testing spreadsheet – the book authors
- 4M
- PISA Released Mathematics Items 2006 – PISA/OECD
Chapter 5 – Climate change
- 5A
- Global Temperature – NASA Global Climate Change
- 5B
- A simple experiment on global warming – Royal Society Open Science
- 5C
- Showing that carbon dioxide is made when a hydrocarbon is burned – YouTube - various
- 5D
- Global warming potential – Wikipedia
- 5E
- Assessing ExxonMobil’s global warming projections – Science (journal)
- 5F
- Trends in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide – NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory
- 5G
- You Reckon? Bio Fool – Bowland Maths
- 5H
- Energy Density of Uranium – various contrasting sources
- 5J
- Do coal-fired power stations produce radioactive waste? – Scientific American
- 5K
- Muddying the Waters – Math Assessment Project
Chapter 6 – Planning for enjoyment of life
- 6A
- Organising a Table Tennis Tournament – Bowland Maths (2008)
- 6B
- Produce a Quiz Show – Shell Centre for Mathematical Education
- 6C
- Selling Boomerangs – Mathematics Assessment Project
- 6D
- Graphing tools for linear programming – Desmos & Geogebra
- 6E
- Map of Cholera Cases in London – Image by Snow & Cheffins (1854)
Chapter 7 – Looking past the spin
- 7A
- The secret world of fake online reviews – The Guardian
- 7B
- Best washing machines to buy in Australia – Choice
- 7C
- Decathlon: the Art of Scoring Points – NRICH
- 7D
- Spreadsheet to compare total cost of phone ownership – mathlit.org
- 7E
- Bathtub curve – Wikipedia
- 7F
- World development indicators – The World Bank
- 7G
- Worldview upgrader – Gapminder
Chapter 8 – Equality and inequality
Chapter 9 – Your money in your life
- 9A
- Knowing Where You Are – spreadsheet for detailed accounting – mathlit.org
- 9B
- Doubling Time Investigation – spreadsheet – mathlit.org
- 9C
- Simple Savings Calculator spreadsheet – mathlit.org
- 9D
- Historical UK inflation rates and price conversion calculator – Kate Rose Morley
- 9E
- The Investment Game – mathlit.org
- 9F
- Sources of financial guides –
- 9G
- Financial Literacy Analytical and Assessment – PISA/OECD
- 9H
- The Economics of Climate Change: a primer – Congressional Budget Office
- 9J
- Inflation and price indices – UK Office for National Statistics
Chapter 10 – Computers in the teaching of mathematical literacy
- 10A
- Making and Selling a Magazine – Bowland Maths (2008)
- 10B
- Making and Selling a Magazine – classroom video – Bowland Maths (2008)
- 10C
- Oxygen Production – World Class Tests (2001)
- 10D
- Bicycle cornering – reSolve: Maths by Inquiry
- 10E
- Desmos tools/Will it hit the hoop? – desmos.com
- 10F
- Habitat modelling following fire – Victorian department of Education
- 10G
- 100 years of habitat change: an animated fire ecology – Ian Lunt Ecology
- 10H
- Sources of demographic data – various
- 10J
- Educational Datasets – CSIRO
- 10K
- Graph of literacy rates –
- 10L
- Fat-finger error – Wikipedia
- 10M
- Teachers trying a plausible estimation problem – Bowland Maths
- 10N
- Coin Counting by Dan Meyer – 101questions
- 10P
- You Reckon? – Bowland Maths
- 10Q
- Scratch coding language and community – Scratch foundation
Chapter 11 – The value of curiosity
- 11A
- Problems with Patterns and Numbers – Shell Centre for Mathematical Education
- 11B
- Classroom Challenges – Math Assessment Project
- 11C
- Bowland Maths – bowlandmaths.org
- 11D
- reSolve – Australian Academy of Science
- 11E
- 30 Design Strategies and Tactics from 40 Years of Investigation – Burkhard & Pead (2020)
- 11F
- The Three Acts of a Mathematical Story – Dan Meyer / 101questions
- 11G
- Problem-Based Math Lessons & units – Make Math Moments
Chapter 12 – Designing measures
- 12A
- Measure (mathematics) – Wikipedia
- 12B
- Example ‘-ness’ tasks – ltml.mathlit.org
- 12C
- Designing a measure: Correlation – Mathematics Assessment Project
- 12D
- The long-run differences between the CPI and RPI – Office for Budget Responsibility
- 12E
- Gini coefficient – Wikipedia
- 12F
- The SI Base Units – National Physical Laboratory
Chapter 13 – Mathematics for information technology
- 13A
- Simple quadratic equation solution – ltml.mathlit.org
- 13B
- Rounding errors in spreadsheets – ltml.mathlit.org
- 13C
- A more accurate quadratic solution – ltml.mathlit.org
- 13D
- Taylors series expansion of sin(x) using a spreadsheet – ltml.mathlit.org
- 13E
- Monte Carlo Simulations – reSolve & The Concord Consortium
- 13F
- Password Strength – xkcd.com
- 13G
- Encoding with a secret key – ltml.mathlit.org
Chapter 14 – Reflections
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