Project Description

Count Me In Too is an innovative numeracy project operating across New South Wales Department of Education and Training primary schools. It is designed to assist teachers broaden their knowledge of how children learn mathematics by focusing on the strategies students use to solve arithmetic tasks.

The project aims to improve the educational outcomes in mathematics for all students through professional development of teachers. It achieves this by increasing teachers' understanding of how children develop increasingly sophisticated ways of solving arithmetical problems. The research-based learning framework used in the project provides direction for teaching and learning.

Count Me In Too uses the learning framework as a tool to assist teachers to get inside the learning process and appreciate the purpose of structured learning opportunities.

The project starts with a diagnostic interview of each student. The assessment schedule used in the project provides a range of tasks specifically designed to elicit the most efficient strategies students are capable of demonstrating.