Recommended remediation strategies for developing core content and skills in secondary mathematics: Form One – Form Three
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2021-11
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The Mathematics Unit , Curriculum Planning and Development Division, Ministry of Education, GOVTT
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The Recommended Remediation Strategies for developing Core Content and Skills in Secondary Mathematics: FORM ONE – FORM THREE document has been produced to provide support for teachers to support concepts and skills’ development in students, in order to mitigate learning loss due to the COVID 19 Pandemic. Diagnostic tests were constructed and administered to students in classes from Form One to Form Three in Government and Government Assisted Secondary Schools. The tests were based on the content strands: Number; Number Operations and Number Theory; Algebra; Sets, Relations and Functions; Measurement; Geometry; and Statistics as identified in the Curriculum Guide for Mathematics at the Lower Secondary Level. A response to the findings from these tests is a set of recommended strategies for remediation classified into three levels based on the number of correct items, per strand. The strand specific classification of bands of performance by levels is included in this document in Appendix 1. Three levels of students’ performances were addressed in each strand: Level I, Level 2, and Level 3. Level 1 recommendations address very little or no understanding of content in the respective strands, Level 2 recommendations address minimum to average understanding of content in the respective strands, and Level 3 recommendations address above average understanding of content in the respective strands.
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remediation strategies, secondary school, mathematics, COVID-19, pandemic