Numeracy learning area advice
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How can the numeracy progression be used?
The National Numeracy Learning Progression can be used at a whole school, team or individual teacher level. However, the progression provides maximum student learning benefits when used as part of a whole-school strategy that involves professional learning …
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Interpreting fractions description
This sub-element emphasises the development of the fraction concept and the size of fractions rather than the development of procedures or algorithmic skills. Understanding the size of a fraction is an indicator of the depth of a student’s understanding …
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Understanding money description
The descriptive term decimal applied to money refers to the basic conversion units being multiples of ten. However, money is not a true decimal system. Amounts such as $2.99 are spoken as two whole numbers (2 dollars 99) and, due to the withdrawal of …
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Quantifying numbers description
Although number is an abstract concept which can be represented by a word, a symbol (numeral) or an image, it is central to quantitative thinking. This sub-element describes how a student becomes increasingly able to count, recognise, read and interpret …
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Comparing units (ratios, rates and proportion) description
This sub-element addresses comparing units in ratios, rates and proportions. A ratio describes a situation in comparative terms, and a proportion is taken to mean when this comparison is used to describe a related situation in the same comparative terms. …
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What is the focus of the numeracy progression?
Numeracy development influences student success in many areas of learning at school. The progression can be used to support students to successfully engage with the numeracy demands of the Foundation to Year 10 Australian Curriculum. The National Numeracy …
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Numeracy learning progression Introduction to the National Literacy and Numeracy Learning Progressions National Numeracy Learning Progression Appendices
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How is the numeracy progression structured?
Elements and sub-elements The National Numeracy Learning Progression has three elements that reflect aspects of numeracy development necessary for successful learners of the F–10 Australian Curriculum and in everyday life. The three elements are: Number …
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How is the numeracy progression related to the Australian Curriculum?
Numeracy skills are explicit teaching in the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics. Students need opportunities to recognise that mathematics is constantly used outside the mathematics classroom and that numerate people apply general mathematical skills …
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What is numeracy?
Numeracy is fundamental to a student’s ability to learn at school and to engage productively in society. In the Australian Curriculum, students become numerate as they develop the knowledge and skills to use mathematics confidently across learning areas …
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UnM2
Face value recognises 5c, 10c, 20c and 50c coins based on face value recognises $1 and $2 coins based on face value
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IRD6
Recognising bias applies an understanding of distributions to evaluate claims based on data (the larger the sample taken, the more accurate the prediction of the population value is likely to be) recognises and explains bias as a possible source …
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OwP6
Repeatedly adding a percentage uses percentage increases or decreases as an operator (a 3% increase is achieved by multiplying 1.03, and 4 successive increases is multiplying by 1.034) chooses appropriate strategies for problems in a range of multiplicative …
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UuM6
Identifying the structure of units draws and describes the column and row structure to represent area as an array, moving beyond counting of squares by ones calculates the total area using rows and/or columns as composite units uses familiar household …
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UGP2
Features of shapes and objects identifies and describes features of shapes and objects describes what an object may look like from a different perspective recognises features of shapes of different sizes and in different orientations following flips, …
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IRD5
Graphical representations of data uses graphical representations relevant to the purpose of the collection of the data uses features of graphical representations to make predictions recognises that continuous variables depicting growth or change …
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QuN2
Producing number names produces a rote count to at least 12[*] produces a rote count down from 10 Counting items counts a small number of items (typically less than 4) Numeral recognition and identification indicates the correct numeral …
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