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Rethinking the Numerate Citizen: Quantitative Literacy and Public Issues – Discussion
Numeracy, 2017 I dispute Erickson's claim in Numeracy 9(2), Article 4 (2016), that quantitative literacy is neither necessary nor appropriate for informed citizenship, and explore his suggestion that Hardwig's notion of epistemic dependence is more suited to the task.
Kira H. Hamman
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The ability of quantitative literacy of pre-service biology students
JPBI (Jurnal Pendidikan Biologi Indonesia), 2017 This research have purpose to know and describe quantitative literacy of pre-service biology students based on six indicators of quantitative literacy. Methods used is descriptive with study survey. This research carried out at Siliwangi University with
Ryan Ardiansyah, Dea Diella
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Looking Back at Quantitative Reasoning
Numeracy, 2021 A teacher looks back on three decades of teaching, pondering, and writing about quantitative reasoning (QR) and shares a few lessons learned. The skills that we teach in QR courses are more important than ever in providing students with a sense of civic ...
William Briggs
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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
Gizem Karaali
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Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2023 Quantitative literacy and critical thinking skills contribute to the skill of pre-service biology teachers to teach 21st-century learning. This study aims to describe the construction of structural correlation between quantitative literacy and critical ...
M. Arsyad +3 more
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Toward a valid instrument for measuring physics quantitative literacy [PDF]
Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, 2020 We have developed the Physics Inventory of Quantitative Literacy (PIQL) as a tool to measure students' quantitative literacy in the context of introductory physics topics.
Trevor I. Smith +5 more
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Exploring the Relationship between Quantitative Reasoning Skills and News Habits
Numeracy, 2023 Because people are constantly confronted with numbers and mathematical concepts in the news, we have embarked on a project to create journalism that can support news users’ number skills.
Bennett Attaway +8 more
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Surveying the Landscape of Numbers in U.S. News
Numeracy, 2021 The news arguably serves to inform the quantitative reasoning (QR) of news audiences. Before one can contemplate how well the news serves this function, we first need to determine how much QR typical news stories require from readers. This paper assesses
John Voiklis +7 more
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COVID-19 and Quantitative Literacy: Focusing on Probability
, 2021 The COVID-19 pandemic is arguably the worst crisis the world has faced, so far, in this new century We haven’t seen a pandemic like this since the 1918 Flu at the beginning of the last century, and, as of this writing, there appears to be no end in sight
M. J. Lewis
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Introducing The Art of Statistics: How to Learn from Data
Numeracy, 2020 Spiegelhalter, David. 2019. The Art of Statistics: How to Learn from Data (New York, NY: Basic Books) 448 pp. ISBN 978-1541618510. This short piece introduces readers to The Art of Statistics: How to Learn from Data, a new book by David Spiegelhalter. In
David Spiegelhalter
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