Astronomy to Develop Pre-Algebra Skills Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/astronomy-to-develop-pre-algebra-skills/ Astronomy for a better world! Fri, 09 Jul 2021 12:57:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://astro4dev.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-03_OAD_symbol_colour_2-32x32.jpg Astronomy to Develop Pre-Algebra Skills Archives - IAU Office of Astronomy for Development https://astro4dev.org/category/astronomy-to-develop-pre-algebra-skills/ 32 32 Final Report of Astronomy to Develop Pre-Algebra Skills https://astro4dev.org/final-report-of-astronomy-to-develop-pre-algebra-skills/ Fri, 09 Jul 2021 12:56:44 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=23247 In coordination with its National Curriculum Development Center (NCDC), Global Hands On Universe (GHOU) ran a twelve-week online astronomy course for secondary school physics teachers based in and around Kampala, Uganda. The teachers received online instruction and guidance from professional astronomers and other GHOU-affiliated educators, learning 21st-century astronomy, constructivist pedagogical methods and the skills needed [...]

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]]> Overview https://astro4dev.org/overview-19/ Tue, 04 Dec 2018 09:55:52 +0000 https://astro4dev.org/?p=18043 Pre-algebra skills – ratios, proportions, linear equations – are the foundation of all higher maths and sciences, yet are not well taught in most countries. Such math tends to be a gate-keeper in many countries: for example, 70% of US adults are, on average, are pre-algebra illiterate (Eric Gaze, https://search.proquest.com/docview/1696012768?pq-origsite=gscholar). Developing countries have worse pre-algebra [...]

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