Equations and Inequalities : Making Mathematics Accessible to All / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development..

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Contributor:

SourceOECD (Online service)

Series:

PISA,.

PISA ;

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

More than ever, students need to engage with mathematical concepts, think quantitatively and analytically, and communicate using mathematics. All these skills are central to a young person's preparedness to tackle problems that arise at work and in life beyond the classroom. But the reality is that many students are not familiar with basic mathematics concepts and, at school, only practice routine tasks that do not improve their ability to think quantitatively and solve real-life, complex problems. How can we break this pattern? This report, based on results from PISA 2012, shows that one way forward is to ensure that all students spend more "engaged" time learning core mathematics concepts and solving challenging mathematics tasks. The opportunity to learn mathematics content - the time students spend learning mathematics topics and practising maths tasks at school - can accurately predict mathematics literacy. Differences in students' familiarity with mathematics concepts explain a substantial share of performance disparities in PISA between socio-economically advantaged and disadvantaged students. Widening access to mathematics content can raise average levels of achievement and, at the same time, reduce inequalities in education and in society at large.

Contents:

Reader's Guide

Foreword

Executive Summary

A Policy Strategy to Widen Opportunities to Learn Mathematics

List of tables available on line

Opportunity to Learn and Students' Attitudes Towards Mathematics

Variations in Students' Exposure to and Familiarity with Mathematics

Exposure to Mathematics in School and Performance in PISA

Why Access to Mathematics Matters and How it Can be Measured.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed May 1, 2017).

ISBN:

9789264258495

9789264259348

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.