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Quantitative Literacy for Social Justice
Equity & Excellence in Education, 2007In this article, we argue that many adults lack the “numeracy” needed to function in a maximally effective manner in their vocational, civic, and personal lives. We believe schools need to foster skills in quantitative literacy (QL), an inclination and ability to make reasoned decisions using general world knowledge and fundamental mathematics in ...
Lynda R. Wiest +2 more
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American Annals of the Deaf, 1993
This article addresses the topic of quantitative, or mathematics, literacy for the workplace and its relevance in programming for deaf students. As Craig and Craig indicated in framing this issue of the Annals , preparing students for the workplace is only one goal of literacy.
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This article addresses the topic of quantitative, or mathematics, literacy for the workplace and its relevance in programming for deaf students. As Craig and Craig indicated in framing this issue of the Annals , preparing students for the workplace is only one goal of literacy.
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Quantitative Literacy Courses as a Space for Fusing Literacies
The Journal of General Education, 2016Abstract In this article, we examine how students in a general education quantitative literacy course reason with public issues when unprompted to use quantitative reasoning. Michigan State University, like many institutions, not only has a quantitative literacy requirement for all undergraduates but also offers two courses specifically ...
Samuel Luke Tunstall +2 more
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Modeling Quantitative Literacy
Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2009Quantitative literacy is a habit of mind that is characterized by the interrelationship among a person’s everyday understanding of mathematics, his or her beliefs about mathematics, and his or her disposition toward mathematics. To assess quantitative literacy, it is important to devise measurement tools that provide valid and reliable information ...
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Student Quantitative Literacy: Importance, Measurement, and Correlation with Economic Literacy
The American Economist, 2005The importance of quantitative skills in learning economics cannot be overstated. Many previous studies have attempted to measure the degree to which such skills impact performance in economics classes. Typically these studies have relied on a proxy for measuring quantitative skills, such as the number and type of math courses a student has completed.
Peter W. Schuhmann +2 more
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Quantitative and Qualitative Documentation of Early Literacy Instruction
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2003Quantitative and qualitative procedures were used in this pilot study to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a language and literacy instruction model for meeting the needs of children with impairments, delays, and differences in regular Head Start classrooms.
Culatta, Barbara +4 more
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Integrating Quantitative Literacy into Technical Writing Instruction
Technical Communication Quarterly, 2017ABSTRACTThe authors argue that skills in quantitative literacy (QL) and quantitative reasoning (QR) augment students’ communicative effectiveness. This article offers a pedagogical framework and model for how QR can be productively interwoven with the rhetorical know-how of technical writing pedagogy. The authors describe their course redesign, present
Crystal Broch Colombini, Sue Hum
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Statistical Literacy and Quantitative Reasoning
2019Given a world awash with data, students of today will be consumers of statistical information whatever their future. What can we do to make them critical consumers as articulated by researchers such as Gal and Steen and as suggested in the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Catalyzing Change, able to process information, ask the right ...
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Current Practices in Quantitative Literacy
2006Current Practices in Quantitative Literacy present a wide sampling of efforts being made on campuses across the country to achieve our common goal of having a quantitatively literate citizenry. Colleges and universities have grappled with complicated issues in order to define quantitative literacy within their own communities and to implement ...
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First-Year Seminar Writing for Quantitative Literacy
2016This chapter describes a series of writing assignments from two distinct first-year seminars at Worcester State University. Both of these seminars focus on building quantitative literacy skills. Students research and write about a variety of topics related to globalization, population growth, human rights and climate change.
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