Other Public Sector Research Funding

Project Title: Numeracy research and development initiative 2001-2004 – An overview of numeracy projects

Chief Investigator(s): Professor Kaye Stacey, Dr Jill Vincent, Dr Max Stephens and Dr Vicki Steinle

Funded by: Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST)

Project Summary: The overview document presents key findings and information from the $7 million Australian Government Numeracy Research and Development Initiative, one of several initiatives introduced by the Australian Government to support literacy and numeracy development. The initiative comprised two complementary strands and a strategic States and Territories projects strand. The purpose of these projects was to investigate a broad range of teaching and learning strategies that lead to improved numeracy outcomes. Common findings of the projects are organised under the following themes:

• School
• Curriculum, assessment and reporting
• Effective learning environments
• Pre-service teacher eduction and professional development
• Catering for individual differences
• Home and community
  

The full report is available from the DEST website. Click here.