International Perspectives on Teaching and Learning for Mathematical Literacy

Oda Heidi Bolstad is Associate Professor of Mathematics Education at Volda University College, Norway. She is a teacher educator and her research areas include mathematical literacy and mathematical modelling. Simon Goodchild was Professor at the University of Agder, Norway. He was a mathematics teacher educator who has published research on mathematics teaching in higher education. Merrilyn Goos is Adjunct Professor of Education at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. She is a mathematics educator who has published research and teacher education resources on numeracy across the curriculum and across the lifespan.

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1 International Perspectives on Teaching and Learning for Mathematical Literacy: An Introduction

 Oda Heidi Bolstad and Simon Goodchild



Part 1: Mathematical Literacy in Teaching and Teacher Education



2 Preparing Pre-service Teachers to Engage in Mathematical Literacy Practices across the Curriculum

 Kathy O’Sullivan and Merrilyn Goos



3 The Teaching of Mathematical Literacy in Four South African Classrooms

 Ellamma Pillay and Sarah Bansilal



Part 2: Designing and Evaluating Mathematical Literacy Tasks



4 Levels of Context Use: An Analytical Tool to Inform the Influence of Problem Context on Students’ Performance and to Construct Mathematical Problems

 Felipe Almuna and Kaye Stacey



5 Interplay between Contextual and Mathematical Literacy in Task Design: The Math-LIGHT Program as an Example

 Roza Leikin, Masha Boriskovsky and Math-LIGHT team



Part 3: Mathematical Literacy in Real World Tasks and Experiences



6 Supporting Teachers to Develop Mathematical Literacy through Contemporary Financial Contexts

 Carly Sawatzki, Jill Brown and Tim Powers



7 Mathematical Literacy in the Context of Statistics: A Theoretical Discussion and an Example from a Research Project

 Jonas Bergman Ärlebäck, Peter Frejd, Robert Schaller and Patrick Bergman Skiba



8 Fostering Student’s Mathematical Literacy through Mathematical Modelling Tasks

 Peter Frejd, Jonas Bergman Ärlebäck and Pauline Vos



9 Mathematical Literacy as a Disruptive Innovation

 Merrilyn Goos



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