NZL One - Two - Three

14th April was Literacy Leaders day -  as you were probably enjoying your holiday and blissfully unaware of Literacy Leaders day I thought it fine to visit the idea of literacy now. When literacy is mentioned in a mathematical context the first thing that comes to mind is statistics & preparing students to write reports.  Google uncovered many kinds of  literacy - digital, financial, cultural, emotional, geographical, environmental, academic, information .....  Looks like all teachers are teachers of literacy - this prompted 3 questions What is mathematical literacy? Why is it important? What do we need to know about effective literacy teaching? The NZ curriculum says Literacy is the ability to understand respond to, and use those forms of written language that are required by society and valued by individuals and communities (MOE, 2003) PISA defines mathematical literacy as: an individual’s capacity to identify and unders...

Towards the end of Term 1 while teachers were finalising their first round of assessment grades a number of questions came up around resubmission. Who to offer a resubmission to, how much can the student "fix" up, can I tell them what to fix, how much time can they have, can we reteach them .... I thought it would be good to share with you some of the "myths" surrounding resubmissions Myth #5 Resubmissions Myth #1. If I want to offer a resubmission to one student then I have to offer it to all students Myth #2. I can show students what they should fix up Myth #3. I can offer multiple resubmission opportunities Myth #4. A student cannot be awarded anything higher than Achieved for a resubmission A resubmission is offered to an individual student on a case-by-case basis . Extracts from SecQual S2009/022 New Rules & Procedures for Further Assessment Opportunities A resubmission should only be offered where a teacher judges that a mistake ha...