Venkat, Hamsa ORCID: 0000-0002-6453-1623, Askew, Mike ORCID: 0000-0003-0826-461X and Morrison, Samantha ORCID: 0000-0003-1626-9568 (2022) A decade of the Wits Maths ConnectPrimary project (2010 –2020): Design research moving promising interventions to scale. In: Venkat, Hamsa ORCID: 0000-0002-6453-1623 and Roberts, Nicky, (eds.) Early grade mathematics in South Africa. Oxford University Press, Capetown, South Africa, pp. 119-133. ISBN 978 0 19 074560 8
Abstract
In this chapter, we trace the movement – over the course of the 2010–2020 decade – of interventions developed within the Wits Maths Connect-Primary project (WMC-P), and the scaling-up of the project from ten schools to provincial and national contexts. The focus of key interventions, the rationales for them, and the ways in which this approach to expanding scale differs from the larger-scale policy interventions are discussed. Learning outcome data, usually in a pre-/post-test design model, from all the interventions in the WMC-P project are included. We discuss this evidence of impact, and reflect on what the outcomes suggest as critical areas for focus in the next decade. In-service capacity-building through work with subject advisors and pre-service primary teacher education form particularly important thrusts within the emphases going forward.
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Item Type: | Book Section |
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Refereed: | Yes |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | early number learning; multiplicative reasoning, primary teachers’ mathematical content knowledge; design research; South Africa |
Subjects: | Social Sciences > Education Mathematics |
DCU Faculties and Centres: | DCU Faculties and Schools > Institute of Education > School of STEM Education, Innovation, & Global Studies |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Copyright Information: | © 2022 The Authors. |
ID Code: | 29097 |
Deposited On: | 02 Oct 2023 12:55 by Thomas Murtagh . Last Modified 02 Oct 2023 12:55 |
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