Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0453366

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0453366

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

HOW PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS BECOME CODE-BREAKERS OF INFORMATION GRAPHICS IN MATHEMATICS. A numerate individual can interpret mathematical information that is organised and presented in graphics, such as diagrams, charts, tables, graphs, and maps. Despite the proliferation of these information graphics and the recognition that the primary years provide the foundations for numeracy, there is negligible research on how the ability to decode graphics develops. This project investigates how primary students become ?code-breakers? of the information graphics that underpin mathematics by monitoring the development of their knowledge of information graphics. The visual focus of this project will contribute fundamental knowledge necessary to achieve the national and international goals of a numerate populace.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-05-2004

End Date: 30-06-2008

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $233,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Curriculum and Pedagogy | Curriculum Studies: Mathematics Education

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Primary education |

Other Keywords

Curriculum Studies: Mathematics Education | Curriculum and Pedagogy | Primary education

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