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ABSTRACT CPA enabling competencies underpin the human skills and professional values that all future accountants should possess. Nevertheless, to date, the discourse is limited within the scholarship of teaching and learning on how to best inculcate these competencies in future accountants.
Sanobar Siddiqui
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ABSTRACT Professional accounting bodies in Canada and the United States, and throughout the world, have funded programs to improve financial literacy for many years. This ongoing interest stems from the expected benefits of improved financial behavior for individuals, society, and financial markets.
Folasade Adesina +2 more
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Numeracy Tasks: Inspiring Transfer Between Concrete and Abstract Thinking Spaces
In our paper we build a case for conceptualizing numeracy tasks as distinct from mathematical tasks (or at least as a special type of mathematical task), and for abstraction and interpretation as a set of key activities necessary for designating a ...
Taras Gula, Miroslav Lovric
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The human capital of Central-Eastern and Eastern Europe in European perspective [PDF]
We trace the development of numeracy in Poland and Russia from the early 17th century onwards, and numeracy in Belarus, Ukraine, and Lithuania from the 18th century onwards. The fact that western Poland was doing relatively well during the 16th and early
Jörg Baten, Mikolaj Szoltysek
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Abstract Acquiring mathematical competence is essential to independent living. In this study, we investigated the mathematics profile in young people with Down syndrome (DS), and the relations between foundational and more complex mathematics skills.
Su Morris +2 more
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Abstract Background Previous research has shown that testing differs significantly from other classroom activities and is associated with heightened negative emotions and lower levels of positive emotions. However, relatively little is known about students' emotions surrounding testing, particularly in higher‐stakes assessment settings. Aims This study
Reetta Kyynäräinen +5 more
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Numeracy, Literacy and Earnings: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth [PDF]
The analysis is concerned with the contributions of numeracy and literacy to earnings, for three reasons: first, no clear pattern emerges from existing findings relating to the contributions of different types of ability, and numeracy and literacy appear
C Dougherty
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Abstract Background Executive functions (EFs) are critical in school and closely linked to academic achievement and learning‐related behaviours (LRBs). LRBs encompass the ability to adapt to school demands, including concentration, adherence to rules, and autonomy.
Carlotta Rivella, Paola Viterbori
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Abstract Background While skill development is generally linked to relevant practice, the 2022 PISA creative thinking report revealed a negative association between students' creative thinking performance and their engagement in creative activities. Aims This study explored whether this negative association was linear, persisted across countries and ...
Sofiia Kagan, Denis Dumas, Yoojoong Kim
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Literacy and numeracy skills and labour market outcomes in Australia [PDF]
Australian adults are above the OECD average in literacy but only average in numeracy, according to a staff paper released by the Productivity Commission.
Anthony Shomos, Matthew Forbes
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