Measuring student knowledge and skills
Download 0.68 Mb. Pdf ko'rish
|
measuring students\' knowledge
- Bu sahifa navigatsiya:
- Mathematical literacy…
- ... the world…
MATHEMATICAL LITERACY
Definition of the domain The mathematical literacy domain is concerned with the capacity of students to draw upon their mathematical competencies to meet the challenges of the future. It is concerned with students’ capacities to analyse, reason, and communicate ideas effectively by posing, formulating and solving mathematical problems in a variety of domains and situations. The definition of mathematical literacy for OECD/PISA is: “ Mathematical literacy is an individual’s capacity to identify and understand the role that mathematics plays in the world, to make well-founded mathematical judgements and to engage in mathematics, in ways that meet the needs of that individual’s current and future life as a constructive, concerned and reflective citizen.” Some explanatory remarks are required to explain this definition of the domain. Mathematical literacy… The term literacy has been chosen to emphasise that mathematical knowledge and skills as defined within the traditional school mathematics curriculum do not constitute the primary focus of OECD/PISA. Instead, the emphasis is on mathematical knowledge put to functional use in a multitude of different con- texts and a variety of ways that call for reflection and insight. Of course, for such use to be possible and viable, a great deal of fundamental mathematical knowledge and skills (as often taught in schools) are needed. In the linguistic sense, reading literacy cannot be reduced to, but presupposes, a wide vocabu- lary and a substantial knowledge of grammatical rules, phonetics, orthography, and so forth. In the same way, mathematical literacy cannot be reduced to, but presupposes, knowledge of mathematical terminol- ogy, facts, and procedures, as well as skills in performing certain operations, and carrying out certain methods. ... the world… The term the world means the natural, social and cultural setting in which the individual lives. As Freudenthal (1983) stated: “Our mathematical concepts, structures and ideas have been invented as tools to organise the phenomena of the physical, social and mental world.” Download 0.68 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
Ma'lumotlar bazasi mualliflik huquqi bilan himoyalangan ©fayllar.org 2024
ma'muriyatiga murojaat qiling
ma'muriyatiga murojaat qiling