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Assessing Values for Health: Numeracy Matters
Medical Decision Making, 2001Background. Patients’ values are fundamental to decision models, cost-effectiveness analyses, and pharmacoeconomic analyses. The standard methods used to assess how patients value different health states are inherently quantitative. People without strong quantitative skills (i.e., low numeracy) may not be able to complete these tasks in a meaningful ...
S, Woloshin +4 more
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High Stakes: Assessing Numeracy for Nursing
Adult Learning, 2008The importance of numeracy for professional practice in nursing is increasingly recognized in the USA, UK and elsewhere, but there is no consensus on what is meant by numeracy for nursing, nor on how it should be taught, learned and assessed. Meanwhile, studies in various countries indicate a lack of proficiency in numeracy of some students and ...
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An evaluation of an online numeracy assessment tool
Nursing Standard, 2010To evaluate users' perceptions of an online numeracy assessment tool in terms of improving their numeracy and confidence in mathematical calculation.A quantitative and qualitative survey evaluation was performed. An online questionnaire was sent to 695 users of the tool. A response rate of 46% was achieved. Questions posed related to three broad areas:
Warburton, P. +4 more
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Subjective Numeracy Scale as a Tool for Assessing Statistical Numeracy in Older Adult Populations
Gerontology, 2013<b><i>Background:</i></b> Statistical numeracy, necessary for making informed medical decisions, is reduced among older adults who make more decisions about their medical care and treatment than at any other stage of life. Objective numeracy scales are a source of anxiety among patients, heightened among older adults.
Rolison, Jonathan J +3 more
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Perspectives on numeracy: reflections from international assessments
ZDM, 2015This paper examines perspectives regarding the mathematical skills expected of adults and school graduates, comparing ideas developed as part of two major multinational comparative assessments of skills: the Programme for International Student Assessment and the Programme for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (also known as the OECD Survey
Dave Tout, Iddo Gal
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PIAAC Cycle 2 assessment framework: Numeracy
2021This chapter presents the framework for conceptualising and assessing adult numeracy and developing a reporting scale for the direct assessment of numeracy as part of the OECD’s Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC Cycle 2).
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Assessing perceptions of cancer risk: Does mode of assessment or numeracy matter?
Cancer Detection and Prevention, 2007Many existing models of health behavior advance perceived risk for disease as a key motivator of risk-reduction behavior. Thus evaluating contextual factors that may influence assessment of perceived risk is important. We examined (1) how mode of assessment (mail, telephone, web-based) and numeracy affect reported estimates of perceived risk of colon ...
Kimberly M, Kelly +5 more
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To Be or Not to Be a Great Educator, 2023
A growing body of evidence including international level studies (e.g. PISA, TIMSS) demonstrate that numeracy skills (also known internationally by other terms such as mathematical literacy) is crucial for a person’s educational achievements and for informed and participatory citizenship. Early and successful interventions to improve students’ numeracy
Ilze France +3 more
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A growing body of evidence including international level studies (e.g. PISA, TIMSS) demonstrate that numeracy skills (also known internationally by other terms such as mathematical literacy) is crucial for a person’s educational achievements and for informed and participatory citizenship. Early and successful interventions to improve students’ numeracy
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International Review of Education, 2020
Historically, numeracy has tended to be forgotten and overlooked in adult education, especially compared to literacy. Yet evidence exists to show that numeracy should be made a priority, and that building the foundational numeracy skills of young people and adults is vital for their well-being in work and life in the 21st century.
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Historically, numeracy has tended to be forgotten and overlooked in adult education, especially compared to literacy. Yet evidence exists to show that numeracy should be made a priority, and that building the foundational numeracy skills of young people and adults is vital for their well-being in work and life in the 21st century.
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Formative assessment in adult language, literacy and numeracy
Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2007The paper reports on a multi‐country review of formative assessment in adult education settings with specific reference to basic literacy and numeracy.
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