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Nursing: Research and Reviews, 2013 C Ann Gakumo,1 David E Vance,1,2 Linda D Moneyham,1 Joy P Deupree,1 Carlos A Estrada3,4 1School of Nursing, 2Center for Nursing Research, 3Veterans Affairs National Quality Scholars Program at the Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4School of ...
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The Second Decade of Numeracy: Entering the Seas of Literacy
Numeracy, 2019 This multipurpose editorial explores and tries to count the many types of literacy that are referred to by name in Wikipedia and Numeracy. Wikipedia’s Category:Literacy page identifies 44 kinds of literacy that are the subject of articles, ranging from ...
H.L. Vacher
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The Numeracy Understanding in Medicine Instrument [PDF]
Medical Decision Making, 2012 Background: Health numeracy can be defined as the ability to understand and apply information conveyed with numbers, tables and graphs, probabilities, and statistics to effectively communicate with health care providers, take care of one’s health, and participate in medical decisions.
Marilyn M, Schapira +9 more
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The critical role of teacher educators in promoting socially just mathematics teaching
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper focuses on the enablers and constraints that shape mathematics teacher educators' agency in addressing social justice issues within their practice and how these can be harnessed or overcome. Given the potential impact of teacher educators on the student/practising teachers they work with, and consequently on the agency of classroom ...
Pete Wright +8 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Debates surrounding motherhood have long centred on women's roles as carers. Although motherhood is now more widely recognised within feminist scholarship, it often remains conceptually separate from identities associated with formal educational discourse.
Lavinia Kamphausen +3 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper presents an exploratory analysis of contemporary curricular and professional qualification policies in the Scottish education system, focusing on minimum qualification thresholds for mathematics teaching. The study examines how veteran secondary mathematics practitioners perceive the structural and pedagogical implications of using ...
Paul Argyle McDonald
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PLoS ONE, 2023 In promoting genomic medicine, genomic literacy, which is the public's ability to acquire and utilize the knowledge and skills related to genetics and genomes, requires urgent improvement.
Tomomi Miyoshi, Masaki Watanabe
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Assessing Values for Current Health: Numeracy Matters [PDF]
Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2000 CONTEXT: Despite the central importance of utilities in decision analysis, little is known about the validity of methods used to assess them. Many of the traditional assessment methods are quantitative and involve multiple comparisons of numerical expressions, raising questions about how well people with limited numeracy (i.e., basic facility working ...
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Information needs of patients considering epilepsy surgery: A scoping review
Epilepsia, EarlyView.Abstract Objective Epilepsy surgery is a recommended treatment for individuals with drug‐resistant epilepsy. However, patients often face significant challenges in decision‐making due to a lack of accessible and high‐quality information. Methods We conducted a scoping review to identify the information needs of people considering surgery for epilepsy ...
Maren Kimura +7 more
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Frontiers in SurgeryIntroductionInformed consent is a fundamental component in the work-up for surgical procedures. Statistical risk information pertaining to a procedure is by nature probabilistic and challenging to communicate, especially to those with poor numerical ...
Despoina Chatzopoulou +6 more
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