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The Value of Literacy Practices [PDF]

, 2015
The concepts of literacy events and practices have received considerable attention in educational research and policy. In comparison, the question of value, that is, ‘which literacy practices do people most value?’ has been neglected.
Ahearn L., Angelini V., Baker D., Barton D., Basu K., Bereket Kebede, Blommaert J., Bryan Maddox, Gee J. P., Gee J. P., Hamilton M., Heath S. B., Hockett R. C., Holland P. W., IAF, IAF, Latour B., Lucio Esposito, Mascherini M., Moldan B., Rawls J., Rizvi F., Ruta D. A., Street B. V., Street B. V., Street B. V.   +25 more
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A systematic review of facilitators and barriers to school staff development projects using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper is a systematic literature review (SLR) of research published between 2009 and 2022 that aims to identify facilitators and barriers to implementing staff development projects (SDPs) in schools in England. Twelve research papers fulfilled all inclusion criteria and were each evaluated as being at least medium‐quality research.
David Preston, Pamela Qualter, Kevin Woods   +2 more
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Reorganizing School Mathematics for Quantitative Literacy

Numeracy, 2010
This paper offers an alternative curriculum for high school mathematics. It proposes replacing the Algebra-Geometry-Algebra rush to calculus model with one which focuses on improving student problem-solving skills and general quantitative literacy skills while reinforcing basic manipulative skills.
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Quantitative Literacy: A Tool for Survival

Numeracy, 2020
In the context of a global pandemic, the need for quantitative literacy has become more urgent. QL and QL-adjacent habits of mind, such as awareness of the limitations of data and modeling, are vital tools of survival that can help people understand today's fast-changing world and make decisions about next actions, in particular in relation to the ...
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Quantitative Literacy - Problems that Motivate [PDF]

, 2015
In this article, I present a selection of problem types, with examples, that have been used with some success to motivate the topics in a quantitative literacy class so that learners may begin doing mathematics without period of discussion beforehand. In
Shaw, Christopher
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Increasing quantitative literacy in nursing: A joint nursing-statistician perspective. [PDF]

J Adv Nurs, 2022
Schroeder K, Dumenci L, Sarwer DB, Wheeler DC, Hayat MJ.   +4 more
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Is there space for dyslexia in high‐attainment educational environments? Evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study into attainment grouping in English primary schools

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Attainment grouping is an important policy issue and is increasingly practiced in UK primary schools, with researchers presenting contrasting stances on the impact to pupils' attainment and academic self‐concept. This original research statistically analyses the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) data (N = 3510) and explores: (i) whether dyslexic ...
Esther Alice Outram
wiley   +1 more source

Numeracy Tasks: Inspiring Transfer Between Concrete and Abstract Thinking Spaces

Numeracy
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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Parts of the Whole: Only Connect

Numeracy, 2014
This is the first of several columns that will focus on the mechanisms by which new ideas become accepted by a culture, offering some familiar examples, deriving basic principles from these examples, and applying them to the problem of promoting ...
Dorothy Wallace
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Artificial Intelligence, Basic Skills, and Quantitative Literacy

Numeracy, 2023
The introduction in November 2022 of ChatGPT, a freely available language-based artificial intelligence, has led to concerns among some educators about the feasibility and benefits of teaching basic writing and critical thinking skills to students in the context of easily accessed, AI-based cheating mechanisms.
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