Improving Primary Mathematics Education, Teaching and Learning Resea

This book focuses on how to improve the teaching and learning of primary level mathematics education within resource-constrained contexts. It builds on two large numeracy projects within South Africa which speak to broader, global concerns and highlight h

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Mellony Graven Hamsa Venkat

Palgrave Studies in Excellence and Equity in Global Education

Palgrave Studies in Excellence and Equity in Global Education Series Editors Roger Openshaw Massey University, New Zealand Margaret Walshaw Massey University, New Zealand

This series aims to compile a rich collection of research-based contributions that critically examine the tensions and challenges involved in implementing both excellence and equity within public education systems around the globe. In bringing together eminent international scholars to explore the various ways education systems around the world have responded to issues associated with excellence and equity, this series will make a major contribution to the field and act as a state-of-the-art resource on what we know about this topic today.

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/14628

Mellony Graven  •  Hamsa Venkat Editors

Improving Primary Mathematics Education, Teaching and Learning Research for Development in Resource-Constrained Contexts

Editors Mellony Graven Education Department Rhodes University Grahamstown, South Africa

Hamsa Venkat School of Education Wits University Johannesburg, South Africa

Palgrave Studies in Excellence and Equity in Global Education ISBN 978-1-137-52979-4    ISBN 978-1-137-52980-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-52980-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016956394 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identified as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Macmillan Publishers Ltd. The registered company address is: The Campus, 4 Crinan Street, London, N1 9XW, United Kingdom

Editors’ Preface

The editors of this book, Mellony Graven and Hamsa