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Learning Difficulties in Numeracy (EDUC90194)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online and On Campus (Parkville)
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Responsive teaching in numeracy is critical not only for sustainable learning, but also for the emotional and social wellbeing of learners with mathematics learning difficulties including dyscalculia. Evidence-based assessment and intervention enables practitioners to meet learners at their points of need and guides change for inclusive practices through multi-tiered systems of support.
This subject draws on developmental, cognitive and neurocognitive perspectives to examine learning difficulties in mathematics and implications for assessment, instruction, intervention, engagement and wellbeing of learners. Relevant diagnostic and instructional models are critiqued in terms of their theoretical bases, empirical support and implications for implementation. Specifically, an explicit structured approach using the concrete-representational-abstract model to build essential conceptual, procedural and declarative knowledge of mathematical concepts will be examined. Knowledge will be applied through practical assessment tasks using a clinical teaching approach within their own settings. The subject concludes with strategies for implementing change at a broader level to more effectively meet the needs of learners experiencing mathematics learning difficulties.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Examine the interrelationship between cognitive, emotional and social processes involved in teaching and learning mathematics, including mathematics anxiety.
- Identify characteristics, causes and consequences of different types of mathematics learning difficulties, including dyscalculia.
- Critically review the key theoretical frameworks and the evidence base underpinning assessment and intervention for learners experiencing mathematics learning difficulties.
- Administer and interpret evidence-based numeracy assessment tools/data to develop a learner profile and identify a learner's Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD).
- Evaluate different sources of evidence to design and implement robust numeracy instructional sequences for learners experiencing mathematics learning difficulties.
Generic skills
This subject will develop the following set of key transferable skills:
- Critical reasoning and thinking.
- Problem solving.
- Communication.
- Evidence based decision making.
- Creativity and innovation.
- Teamwork and professional collaboration.
Last updated: 10 February 2024