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EDCU20037 - Numeracy Learning

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Effective numeracy instruction is central to primary school students' learning in Mathematics and all other areas of the school curriculum. This unit aims to develop skills in mathematical problem solving, modeling mathematical knowledge and personal numeracy competency skills. The student should be able to identify and select teaching and learning strategies that respond to the required Australian standards. Students are provided with concrete hands-on activities that should lead to the development of symbolic and abstract concepts. Special emphasis is also given to the four basic mathematical operations and how these are best understood by learners in primary school learning contexts including the assessment and reporting procedures specific to numeracy practices.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 8
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 1
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Co-requisite EDCU20036 Literacy Learning

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2020

Term 1 - 2021 Profile
Online
Term 1 - 2022 Profile
Online
Term 1 - 2023 Profile
Online
Term 1 - 2024 Profile
Online

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 50%
2. Online Test 50%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 95.45% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 52.38% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Student unit evaluations
Feedback
More consistency between the writing standards (paragraph spacing and font size requirements) is required. This would help streamline expectations.
Recommendation
Students are encouraged to make use of the ALC APA Formatting Guidelines. Utilising this same document across the faculty would help to streamline expectations.
Action Taken
Assessment task instructions include details about proper format and presentation of tasks. To help students with their academic writing, students were referred to the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) resources to get additional help on academic writing and referencing.
Source: Student evaluations
Feedback
Review wording of quiz questions
Recommendation
Wording on Assessment Task 2 quiz questions was reviewed and revised.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Student evaluations
Feedback
Increase discussions around the application of content in classroom settings
Recommendation
Review tutorial materials to allow for more discussion.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Student evaluations
Feedback
Increase relevance to EC teaching, making reference to the EYLF
Recommendation
Continue to make connections to how numeracy concepts can be taught and supported within the early years.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Identify the numeracy demands of primary schooling contexts
  2. Critically examine strategies and resources to teach the numeracy skills necessary for learners to achieve identified learning outcomes and demonstrate effective numeracy in a range of learning contexts
  3. Identify, select and use teaching and learning strategies and resources that build on and support the development of learners' numeracy skills including mathematical applications and problem solving
  4. Identify appropriate numeracy assessment strategies for gathering information and making judgments about students' numeracy development
  5. Assess and develop personal numeracy skills
  6. Reflect on professional learning to describe processes and strategies that improve teaching practice and student learning

Successful completion of this unit provides opportunities for students to demonstrate the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers focus areas of:

1.1 Physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of students

1.2 Understand how students learn

1.5 Differentiate teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities

2.1 Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area

2.2 Content selection and organisation

2.3 Curriculum, assessment and reporting

2.5 Literacy and numeracy strategies

3.2 Plan, structure and sequence learning programs

3.3 Use teaching strategies

3.4 Select and use resources

3.6 Evaluate and improve teaching programs

5.1 Assess student learning

6.1 Identify and plan professional learning needs

6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice

6.4 Apply professional learning and improve student learning

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 - Written Assessment
2 - Online Test
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Advanced Level
Professional Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 - Knowledge
2 - Communication
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills
5 - Self-management
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Advanced Level
Professional Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 - Written Assessment
2 - Online Test