Project Background

The Scaffolding Numeracy in the Middle Years 2003-2006 (SNMY) was an Australian Research Council Linkage Project awarded to RMIT University, the Victorian Department of Education and Training and the Tasmanian Education Department from July 2003 to June 2006.

The project investigated the efficacy of a new assessment-guided approach to improving student numeracy outcomes in Years 4 to 8. In particular, it was aimed at identifying and refining a learning and assessment framework for the development of multiplicative thinking at this level using rich assessment tasks.

 

Research questions

A summary of the key research questions within the SNMY project and an overview of the significance of multiplicative thinking, authentic tasks and the middle years as defining aspects of the research.

 

Methodology

Outlines the three main phases in the research methodology and the describes the involvement of school clusters and teacher involvement in Victoria and Tasmania. Includes links to relevant technical reports and presentations in the Resource Library.

 

Project outcomes

This comparative table provides a summary of the project outcomes with the results in a nutshell, listed alongside the research questions.

 

Research team and acknowledgements

A list of researchers and contributors, including the research team members from RMIT University, industry partners, project teachers, Research and Reference Schools and members of the support team.