I'm good at Maths but I'm not good at reading the Maths.Paper by Bronwyn Parkin and Julie Hayes discusses the linguistic demands of maths curriculum; the demands of maths in general and specifically maths textbooks; and the language of word problems.

Assessment tools for misconceptions in Number. Provides a hierarchy of student responses with an interpretation of what the responses might mean. Includes targeted teaching activities to support teacher in developing conceptual understandings in students.

This resource is an assessment-guided package to improve student numeracy outcomes Years 4 - 8. Victorian developed, the rich diagnostic tasks develop multiplicative thinking. Includes learning plans for teachers to scaffold student learning to meet individual needs.

This instrument provides teachers an opportunity to reflect on their teaching. You'll find the Self Assessment form and guidelines for using it on the AAMT website.

This website has been established to provide high school teachers with a bank of Working Mathematically activities focusing on a variety of rural pursuits.

What do we know about the performance of Indigenous students in numeracy? What is numeracy anyway? How is it defined, and why is it important? What sorts of teaching strategies are likely to be effective with Indigenous students? What resources have proven value? These are some of the questions tackled in this paper.

Pamphlets published by DEEWR for families with ideas for helping children use mathematics ideas in everyday situations. Numeracy: families working it out together. The opportunities are everywhereEarly, Middle and Later years of primary schooling .

Paper by Mercer & Sams as published in Language and Education Journal describes how to enable students to use talk more effectively as a tool for reasoning; and the development of mathematical reasoning, understanding and problem-solving.

Website for the nation's premier organisation of mathematics educators. Have a look at the Standards section.

Paper by Malcolm Swan suggests approaches that are challenging and designed for rethinking fundamental assumptions and beliefs about teaching and learning in mathematics.

Wardy continually updates this site with lots of great mathematics websites.

Online activities at Scootle, a ‘one stop shop’ that contains more than 7800 items of digital curriculum content from The Le@rning Federation. Lots of great maths activities.

Games on the ABC website designed to help children understand basic number concepts.