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Numeracy Programming at Major Canadian Urban Libraries: An Exploratory Study

Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, 2020
The Government of Canada identifies numeracy as a foundational skill for work, learning, and life. Libraries have historically been champions of literacy; however, the role of libraries in developing numeracy skills is understudied.
Andrea Budac, Céline Gareau-Brennan, David Mucz, Michael McNally, Dinesh Rathi   +4 more
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Numeracy and Health Numeracy Among Chinese and Kenyan Immigrants to Canada

SAGE Open, 2014
Mathematics self-efficacy plays an important role in the performance of quantitative tasks. The objective of this study was to examine the role of mathematics self-efficacy in numeracy and health numeracy among immigrants (60 Mandarin-speaking and 60 ...
S. Gatobu, J. F. Arocha, L. Hoffman-Goetz   +2 more
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Assessing Adult Learner’s Numeracy as Related to Gender and Performance in Arithmetic

Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 2014
The study investigated adult learner numeracy as related to gender and performance in arithmetic among 32 Nigerian adult learners from one government accredited adult literacy centre in Lagos State using the quantitative research method within the ...
Adeneye O. A. Awofala, Anyikwa Egbichi Blessing   +1 more
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COLLABORATIVE LEARNING DALAM PENINGKATAN KAPASITAS GURU MENYUSUN PERANGKAT PEMBELAJARAN NUMERASI DI SMP KOTA PALEMBANG

Jurnal Berdaya Mandiri, 2022
Teacher innovation in designing interesting learning requires continuous improvement of abilities. The learning assessment paradigm that revolves around the Asasemen Kopetnsi Minimum (AKM) where one of them is numeracy or also called numeracy literacy ...
Ratu Ilma Indra Putri, Zulkardi, Elika Kurniadi, Weni Dwi Pratiwi, Rini Herlina, Laela Sagita, Hasbi Ramadhan, Allen Marga Retta, Anggria Septiani Mulbasari, Viona Adelia, Nabila Putri Isamer, Atikarani Noer Saleha   +11 more
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Increasing student numeracy ability through learning e-module statistics integrated with flipbook and augmented reality

Jurnal Math Educator Nusantara: Wahana Publikasi Karya Tulis Ilmiah di Bidang Pendidikan Matematika, 2023
: This research was motivated by the low numeracy of students in statistics courses, which contradicts the importance of numeracy. For this reason, an integrated statistics e-module with a flipbook and augmented reality was developed with the aim that ...
Ika Santia, Darsono Darsono, Aprilia Dwi Handayani, Aan Nurfahrudianto, Encil Puspitoningrum   +4 more
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Numeracy Across the Curriculum in Australian Schools: Teacher Education Students’ and Practicing Teachers’ Views and Understandings of Numeracy

Numeracy, 2017
In this article, we confront the challenges to teacher education students and practicing teachers raised by the concept of numeracy and its place in the curriculum.
Helen J. Forgasz, Gilah Leder, Jennifer Hall   +2 more
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The Causal Impact of Objective Numeracy on Judgments: Improving Numeracy via Symbolic and Non-Symbolic Approximate Arithmetic Training Yields More Consistent Risk Judgments

Journal of Numerical Cognition, 2021
Park and Brannon (2013, https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797613482944) found that practicing non-symbolic approximate arithmetic increased performance on an objective numeracy task, specifically symbolic arithmetic.
Dana L. Chesney, Brittany Shoots-Reinhard, Ellen Peters   +2 more
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Risk communication with pictographs: The role of numeracy and graph processing [PDF]

Judgment and Decision Making, 2011
We conducted three studies to investigate how well pictographs communicate medical screening information to persons with higher and lower numeracy skills. In Study 1, we conducted a 2 (probability level: higher vs.
Rebecca Hess, Vivianne H. M. Visschers, Michael Siegrist   +2 more
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Characteristics of junior high school teachers' beliefs in developing students' numeracy skills through ethnomathematics-based numeracy learning [PDF]

Journal of Pedagogical Research
The teachers’ beliefs in ethnomathematics-based numeracy learning are a crucial element to be able to develop students' numeracy skills. The teachers’ beliefs in developing students' numeracy skills through ethnomathematics-based numeracy learning is a ...
Erni Puji Astuti, Ariyadi Wijaya, Farida Hanum   +2 more
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Research-informed translation of mental strategy teaching materials into isiXhosa

South African Journal of Childhood Education
Background: This article critically examines the nature of isiXhosa translations in mathematics learning materials, specifically focusing on the doubling and halving unit within the ‘South African Grade 3 Mental Starters Assessment Project (MSAP ...
Tabisa Booi, Pamela Vale, Mellony H. Graven   +2 more
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