In this second part of Volume 2 we focus on the meaning of the word ‘misconceptions’and compare it to the general understanding of the meaning of ‘errors’ and ‘mistakes’. These different words have different concepts associated with them. We tend to use the word ‘misconception’ indiscriminately when talking to colleagues, and more often than not, we are talking about learner errors or... more

In this edition of the DIPIP Newsletter we have chosen to discuss a section of algebra that confuses many of our learners – that of solving number sentences and equations, which falls into the National Curriculum Statement Learning Outcome 2 (LO2): Patterns, functions and algebra. more

The Data-Informed Practice Improvement Project (DIPIP) aims to improve teaching and learning in mathematics. One way of communicating with teachers has been through a newsletter.This issue deals with learner misconceptions, learner errors in the ICAS tests, teaching with errors and misconceptions, ratio, rate, ratio and proportional reasoning at grades 8, 7 and 9 respectively. more

This paper addresses the question: how do mathematics teachers make meaning from curriculum statements in relation to their teaching practices. We report on a teacher development activity in which teachers mapped test items from an international test against the national curriculum statement in mathematics. About 50 mathematics teachers across Grades 3-9 worked in small groups with a... more

The New Zealand Government Open Access and Licensing framework (NZGOAL) was first approved by Cabinet on 5 July 2010 as government guidance for State Services agencies to follow when releasing copyright works and non-copyright material for re-use by third parties. It standardises the licensing of government copyright works for re-use using Creative Commons licences and recommends the use of... more