The learning of numeracy and literacy in South Australian primary schools: an investigation into the performance of students and schools in numeracy and literacy in rural and regional South Australia.

Authors

Carol Aldous, Flinders University

Publication Date

2009

Files

Subjects

Numeracy, Rural schools, Literacy, Evaluation, Rural urban differences

Comments

(SiMERR-SA ; Book 1)

Abstract

Success in science and mathematics is predicted on successful literacy and numeracy learning. Yet schools and communities across the country struggle to negotiate factors that both impede and facilitate such learning - particularly factors over which they have no control. Working with data more comprehensive than that used previously and applying statistical methods only recently developed, researchers from the South Australian hub of the National Centre for Science, Information and Communication Technology and Mathematics Education for Rural and Regional Australia (SiMERR-SA) seek answers to three basic questions. What factors influence performance in literacy and numeracy? Does living in a rural and remote community influence the outcome? What is the situation in rural and remote South Australia when compared with metropolitan Adelaide?

Recommended Citation

Aldous, C. (2009, January 01). The learning of numeracy and literacy in South Australian primary schools: an investigation into the performance of students and schools in numeracy and literacy in rural and regional South Australia.. Shannon Research Press. https://research.acer.edu.au/saier/25

Copyright Statement

© Carol R. Aldous (Flinders University), 2009

Place of Publication

Adelaide, Australia

Publisher

Shannon Research Press

Language

English, English

ISBN

9781920736330

Geographic Subject

Australia, South Australia, Australia