Case
Study 3:
Improving numeracy with 'Money Matters
to Me' 'Money Matters to
Me' is an online resource on financial
literacy. Even though financial literacy
goes a lot further than numeracy,
it is one aspect of it.
Tutor
P. runs a numeracy class for adults.
P. likes working with exercises and
examples that are based on 'real life'.
She knows that learning numeracy with
day-to-day examples holds the best
chance for her learners to be successful.
One area P. likes working with are
every day financial matters because
they affect everyone. She decides
to work with 'Money Matters to Me'
and she finds exercises, such as:
P.
decides that because these exercises
are embedded into a context of
every day finance, it will be
easy for most learners to relate
to them. At the same time, P.
supports her learners to improve/
extend their knowledge about financial
issues. The way these interactive
exercises are designed, they give
feedback as to whether the task
was solved correctly. While P.
was using the resource she noticed
that the motivation of her learners
improved as well. Some of her
learners told her that they enjoyed
doing these exercises online and
that they felt like they were
learning while having 'fun'.
Good practice check
list
Integrate
online material into teaching
Designing
the class around the learners'
life contexts
