In this chapter, I look back at the implementation of W12-16, a major reform of mathematics education in the lower grades of general secondary education and pre-vocational secondary education in the Netherlands including all students aged 12–16. The nationwide implementation of W12-16 started in 1990 …

In zijn rubriek bespreekt Kees Hoogland opvallend wetenschappelijk onderzoek naar rekenen-wiskunde.

Binnen de beschouwende kliniek van het Dijklander Ziekenhuis zorgt de eilandjescultuur die binnen de kliniek heerst voor een gebrek aan proacitiviteit, initiatief en verantwoordelijkheidsgevoel, verminderde samenwerking en minder verbondenheid (Peeters, Verschuur, Veer, de & Francke, 2008; De steven, …

Met de slogan ‘Nieuwerwets boeren in de biologische sector’ trekt Van Hall Larensteinstudenten naar de opleiding Ad Biologische Melkveehouderij. Hiermee wordt voorzien in een duidelijke vraag vanuit deze sector naar kennis op hbo-niveau. Twee docenten (Gelein Biewenga en Ali-Jetske Hoogland) en een student …

This work draws on the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) survey. Last year a first review was conducted on the PIAAC Numeracy Framework (Tout. et al., 2017). In 2018 and 2019 the framework for the second cycle of PIAAC will be developed. This second cycle of the …

Numeracy and mathematics education in vocational education is under pressure to keep up with the rapid changes in the workplace due to developments in workplace mathematics and the ubiquitous availability of technological tools. Vocational education is a large stream in education for 12- to 20-years-olds …

This paper is a summary paper of the Thematic Working Group (TWG) on Adult Mathematics Education (AME). The theme AME made its first appearance on CERME11 and in this paper we provide an overview of the growing and blossoming field of AME and the results of the working group. The main themes associated …

This paper is a discussion paper to support an Erasmus+ project with the name Common European Numeracy Framework (CENF) (for adults) which will start at the end of the year 2018. In the first months of 2019 the team with participants from The Netherlands, Austria, Spain and Ireland will be in the process …

We are well into the 21st century now and the urgency for lifelong learning is growing especially regarding numeracy. There are major societal and policy pressures on education to prepare citizens for a complex and technologized society, in literature referred to as “21st century skills” (Voogt & ParejaRoblin, …

One of the core elements of the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) is a survey of adult skills. The survey measures adults’ proficiency in literacy, numeracy, and problem solving in technology-rich environments. Furthermore, the survey gathers data on how adults …