Partnering with Districts to Expand an After-School Maths Club Programme. Issue 6 (2nd November 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Stott, Debbie; Baart, Noluntu; Graven, Mellony
• Is Part Of: Africa education review. Volume 16:Issue 6(2019)
• Page Start: 183
• Page End: 200
• Publication Date: 2019-11-02
• Subjects: mathematical progression -- after-school mathematics clubs -- primary mathematics -- after- school club teacher development programme -- expanding intervention models; Education -- Periodicals; Education -- Africa -- Periodicals; 370.5
• DOI: 10.1080/18146627.2018.1464690
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1814-6627

Abstract

Abstract: A key intervention of the South African Numeracy Chair Project (SANCP) since 2011 has been the introduction of mathematics (or maths) clubs, which occur in the out-of-school time space. In 2016 the maths club concept was developed into a 15-week Pushing for Progression (PfP) teacher development programme which supports primary school mathematics teachers to run clubs beyond the SANCP local area. Expanding intervention models beyond local schools is imperative in the second phase of the SANCP (2016–2020). Working from a mixed methods methodological approach, the researchers collected pre- and post-data for a 4-operations assessment of the entire PfP programme. In this article they share learner data from one of the nine teachers who participated in the PfP maths club programme in the Uitenhague District, Eastern Cape, South Africa, to illuminate how partnerships between academics, district officials and teachers can enable powerful student learning in the club space. They argue further that within the tightly focused development programme run by teachers in this one district, it is possible for learners to make substantive progress in mathematical proficiency (MP) (especially procedural fluency and conceptual understanding) when comparing scores and learner methods between a pre- and post- assessment.