Research contributions to adults learning mathematics in the field of numeracy in the last twenty years

Authors Javier Diez-Palomar, Kees Hoogland
Publication date 2022
Research groups Mathematical and analytical competence of professionals
Type Lecture

Summary

This paper explores the contributions of research to the field of adults learning mathematics (ALM) in the last twenty years. The results of the review of the literature on ALM show that the most cited studies that have been published in the last twenty years tend to focus on the field of numeracy to understand health data (such as understanding how to dose a medicine in a medical treatment). However, we know little about key aspects of how adults learn mathematics, what obstacles they encounter, and how they overcome them. This paper identifies the main gaps that ALM research faces in the coming years.

On this publication contributed

  • Kees Hoogland
    • Professor
    • Research group: Mathematical and analytical competence of professionals

Language English
Key words numeracy, adult education

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