Evaluation pre-service teacher numeracy – build bridges rather than roadblocks

Numeracy is an important skill for many university students. In particular, it is being focused upon for pre-service teachers through the development and administration of skills tests that address numeracy and literacy. These tests are high-stakes as they have the capacity to stop pre-service teach...

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Main Author: Cooke, Audrey
Other Authors: Kim Beswick
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Uni Print 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14076
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description Numeracy is an important skill for many university students. In particular, it is being focused upon for pre-service teachers through the development and administration of skills tests that address numeracy and literacy. These tests are high-stakes as they have the capacity to stop pre-service teachers from completing their qualifications or registering with the required teaching authority. The aim of this theoretical research report is to explore the potential impacts of a high-stakes numeracy test and to discuss whether these impacts have unexpected consequences for pre-service teachers, pre-service teacher educators, and the community.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-140762023-02-27T07:34:27Z Evaluation pre-service teacher numeracy – build bridges rather than roadblocks Cooke, Audrey Kim Beswick Tracey Muir Jill Wells Numeracy is an important skill for many university students. In particular, it is being focused upon for pre-service teachers through the development and administration of skills tests that address numeracy and literacy. These tests are high-stakes as they have the capacity to stop pre-service teachers from completing their qualifications or registering with the required teaching authority. The aim of this theoretical research report is to explore the potential impacts of a high-stakes numeracy test and to discuss whether these impacts have unexpected consequences for pre-service teachers, pre-service teacher educators, and the community. 2015 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14076 Uni Print restricted
spellingShingle Cooke, Audrey
Evaluation pre-service teacher numeracy – build bridges rather than roadblocks
title Evaluation pre-service teacher numeracy – build bridges rather than roadblocks
title_full Evaluation pre-service teacher numeracy – build bridges rather than roadblocks
title_fullStr Evaluation pre-service teacher numeracy – build bridges rather than roadblocks
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation pre-service teacher numeracy – build bridges rather than roadblocks
title_short Evaluation pre-service teacher numeracy – build bridges rather than roadblocks
title_sort evaluation pre-service teacher numeracy – build bridges rather than roadblocks
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14076