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Numeracy and Heuristics Approach
Numeracy and Heuristics Approach
Numeracy and Heuristics Approach
HEURISTICS APPROACH
Prepared by:
Khairun Nisak Binti Samsudin
Nurul Atikah Binti Kamaludin
Nur Izzati Binti Mat Zin
PISMP 2.05
NUMERACY
• Numeracy is the ability to reason with numbers
and other mathematical concepts.
• To be numerically literate, a person has to be
comfortable with logic and reasoning.
• Some of the areas that are involved in numeracy
include basic numbers, orders of magnitude,
geometry, algebra, probability and statistics.
• In the United States numeracy is also known as
quantitative literacy.
• Proficiency which is developed mainly in
mathematics, but also in other subjects.
• It involves developing confidence and
competence with numbers and measures.
• Numeracy also demands understanding of
the ways in which data are gathered by
counting and measuring, and presented in
graphs, diagrams, charts and tables.
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Relate numeracy to
National Mathematics Curriculum.
• Numeracy is a fundamental component of learning,
performance, discourse and critique across all areas
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the curriculum.mathematical
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across the of:
discipline (numerical, spatial,
graphical, statistical and algebraic)
Mathematical thinking and strategies
General thinking skills
Grounded appreciation of context
The national mathematics curriculum will be
the basic of planning teaching and assessment
of school mathematics, and be useful for, and
usable by, experienced and less experienced
teachers.
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HEURISTICS APPROACH