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Back to Numeracy www.dfes.gov.uk/curriculum_numeracy - Adult numeracy core curriculum Core curriculum linked to Access for All. Interactive site plus.maths.org - maths magazine Online maths magazine which you can subscribe to - loads of interesting stuff www.lsbu.ac.uk/numeracy - LLLU The website for the London Adult Numeracy Professional development Centre, based at the LLLU (South Bank) - training opportunities, discussion list, materials and other links. Worth checking every so often www.maths4life.org Interactive resources to use with students www.premier-programming.com - Talking calculator This site has a free downloadable talking calculator, which could be useful for students with visual difficulties www.mymaths.co.uk/lessonplans/weakestlink/index.asp - The Weakest Link Like the programme? Here's a maths version. Students really like this! www.moneymatterstome.co.uk - Moneymatters to me Try interactive ATM machines, gas and electricity meters etc. Good to use with students www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/mindread/psychicSparkle.swf - Mind Reader Something fun you could use with your students. Can you figure out how it works? Maths anxiety sites www.dyscalculia.org/Edu561.html www.usq.edu.au/opacs/ALSonline/for_students/maths_skills/mathsanxiety.htm Australian. Short list of tips for university students on maths anxiety www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/controlexamanxiety University site giving tips on coping with maths anxiety at university plus.maths.org/issue16/editorial/#fear The relationships among working memory, maths anxiety and performance Mark H.Ashcraft & Elizabeth P.Kirk www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s298158.htm Worry can affect memory. Research has shown....worry makes maths worse www.sciencenews.org/20010630/fob4.asp Maths anxiety and memory www.literaciesinscotland.org.uk/feelings.html Quotes "Relearning Mathematics: A Different Third r- radical maths" by M. Frankenstein www.ex.ac.uk/~PErnest/pome11/art16.htm Paper giving case studies of three adults who taught maths in America and their maths anxiety www.mathpower.com/reduce.htm 10 ways to reduce maths anxiety www.acer.edu.au/acerpress/PDF/ education/Numeracy_ch1.pdf Maths anxiety, maths panic and maths phobia have become popular topics for educational research www.new-horizons.org.uk/bblconf10.htm Emotion - current understanding www.dcps.wcape.school.za/maths/winter_school.htm Maths- how can you help children? The tips apply to adults equally www.mathacademy.com/pr/minitext/anxiety Student quotes about their feelings www.lgfl.net/lgfl/leas/enfield/schools/southgate/accounts/staff/dwhitfield/web/pages/panic_contents.html Couple of good cartoons www.mathematicalbrain.com/pdf/UKCHAP10.PDF Butterworth. From fear of fractions to the joy of maths www.niace.org.uk/Organisation/advocacy/DfES/MathsInquiry.htm NIACE response to post 14 maths enquiry mubs.mdx.ac.uk/Staff/Personal_pages/Jeff2/Berjv22.htm Article by Jeff Evans on affect www.usq.edu.au/opacs/ALSonline/for_students/maths_skills/mathsanxiety.htm Australian university's page for students www.mathsteach.com/links_miscellanysites.htm Maths sites Back to top of page

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