Ongoing and recent work
Below is a selection of ACME's
ongoing work.
There are several other activities underway and ACME continues to
work to ensure that the policy advice provided on issues, such as
the curriculum,
qualifications, assessment (including
GCSE, A level and Core Maths) and professional development is
implemented.
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Expert Panel on Professional Development Learning
Journeys
In 2016 an
Expert Panel will produce an output/outputs that will set out
mathematics-specific aspects of the professional journeys of
teachers of mathematics.
The Expert Panel will seek to engage with various stakeholders,
including senior leaders, teachers, policy organisations and
researchers. If you would like to be involved in any way, please
email acme@royalsociety.org.
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Initial Teacher Education
In November 2015 ACME published a report, Beginning
teaching: best in class? on the elements needed for
high-quality ITE at primary and secondary level.
ACME calls for the articulation of a shared standard for the ITE
of teachers of mathematics. The report also notes the importance of
developing a long-term strategic plan for the ITE of teachers of
mathematics.
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Embedding Statistics at A level
In 2014-2015 ACME worked with the Royal Statistical Society on a
project looking at the statistical content and assessment in
some recently reformed A levels.
One of the main aims was to investigate how statistics is
embedded within these qualifications, following the recent move to
set out a proportion of marks for assessment of these
statistical skills. Another aim of the project was to
identify further work that needs to be done in order to ensure
that students gain statistical literacy as they move into higher
education and employment.
The report, Embedding
Statistics at A level, was published in
July 2015.
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Assessment of problem solving and reasoning
As part of ACME's wider stream of work on teaching, learning and
assessing 'mathematical thinking' ACME has explored the assessment
of problem solving across all phases. A report,
Problem solving in mathematics: realising the vision through better
assessment, was published in June 2016.
A call for
examples and resources was launched in spring 2015. This
topic was discussed at ACME's Mathematically Thinking
conference on 9 July 2015.
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Early Years
ACME is scoping the Early Years mathematics landscape. ACME
is drawing on its Committee and Outer Circle expertise. The
briefing paper from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Maths
and Numeracy is also a useful starting point. See the
Maths Memo blog for a view from ACME member Sue Gifford.
A roundtable
with the early years and mathematics community was held on 24
February 2016, where the key issues surrounding early years
mathematics were discussed. A thematic seminar on professional
development was held in May 2016.
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Post-16 level 2 qualifications
ACME is eager to ensure that there are mathematics pathways
available to all students in the post-16 environment. ACME is
drawing together all recent research and policy developments
around the post-16 provision for level 2 learners in mathematics.
ACME will respond to the Functional Skills
consultation.
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