[NIFL-FOBASICS:1200] Research on how adults learn math

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Cross-posted from the Numeracy e-list

Hi David and all,

Along with the ALM conference proceedings Kathy mentioned, there are 
two relatively recent compendiums about adult numeracy research and 
practice volumes that have been published that are worth looking at:

	Coben, Diana; O> '> Donoghue, John; & FitzSimons, Gail E. (Ed.s) (2000)
	Perspectives on Adults Learning Mathematics: Research and Practice. 
Dordrecht:	Kluwer.

	Gal, Iddo (Ed.). (2000). Adult Numeracy Development: Theory, Research, 
Practice. 	Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

As well there are two proceedings from the adult numeracy/math topic 
group at the 1996 and 2000 ICME conferences that have some good stuff 
in them too:

	FitzSimons, (ed.) (1997) Adults returning to study mathematics: papers 
from working 	group 18 at the 8th International Congress on 
Mathematical Education (ICME 8), 	Sevilla,, Spain, Adelaide: Australian 
Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT).

	FitzSimons, Gail E.; O'Donoghue, John and Coben, Diana (eds.) (2001) 
Adult and 	lifelong education in mathematics : papers from the Working 
Group for Action(WGA) 	6, 9th International Congress on Mathematics 
Education, ICME 9, Melbourne: 	Adults Learning Mathematics, Language 
Australia

And Mary Jane Schmitt and myself tried to summarize some of this in a 
paper we wrote a few years ago:

	'The inclusion of numeracy in adult basic education' in The annual 
review of adult 	learning and literacy: volume 3  edited by J.Comings, 
B.Garner and C.Smith.	Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 2002

And I will soon be sending through some info about next year's ALM  
conference that is to be held here in Melbourne, Australia in July next 
year - come along to the conference and share and learn about adults 
learning math.

Cheers

Dave

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