The National Numeracy Strategy was designed to facilitate a sound grounding in maths for all primary school pupils. It arose out of the National Numeracy Project in 1996, led by a
Numeracy
Numeracy is the ability to understand, reason with, and apply simple numerical concepts; it is the numerical counterpart of literacy. The charity National Numeracy states: "Numeracy means understanding how mathematics is used in the real world ...
Task Force in England, and was launched in 1998 and implemented in schools in 1999.
The strategy included an outline of expected teaching in mathematics for all pupils from Reception to Year 6.
In 2003, the strategy, including the framework for teaching, was absorbed into the broader
Primary National Strategy. The framework for teaching was then updated in 2006, but ceased to operate in 2011.
See also
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Key Stage
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Chunking (division)
In mathematics education at the primary school level, chunking (sometimes also called the partial quotients method) is an elementary approach for solving simple division questions by repeated subtraction. It is also known as the hangman method wit ...
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Grid method multiplication
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Number bond In mathematics education at primary school level, a number bond (sometimes alternatively called an addition fact) is a simple addition sum which has become so familiar that a child can recognise it and complete it almost instantly, with recall as au ...
References
Further reading
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Department for Education and Employment
The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) was a United Kingdom government department between 2001 and 2007, responsible for the Education in England, education system (including higher education and adult learning) as well as children's se ...
(1998), The implementation of the National Numeracy Strategy: The final report of the Numeracy Task Force, London: DfEE
* Department for Education and Employment (1999), ''The National Numeracy Strategy: framework for teaching mathematics from reception to Year 6'', London: DfEE.
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QCA (1999), ''Standards in mathematics: exemplification of key learning objectives from reception to year 6''
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Rob EastawayWhy parents can't do maths today ''
BBC News
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'', 10 September 2010
* Ian Thompson (2000)
Is the National Numeracy Strategy evidence based? ''Mathematics Teaching'', 171, 23–27
* Dylan V. Jones (2002)
National numeracy initiatives in England and Wales: a comparative study of policy ''The Curriculum Journal'', 13 (1), 5–23.
* Chris Kyriacou and Maria Goulding (2004)
A systematic review of the impact of the Daily Mathematics Lesson in enhancing pupil confidence and competence in early mathematics Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre (EPPI),
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, London.
External links
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