Why Numbers Count

Why Numbers Count
Author: Lynn Arthur Steen
Publisher: College Board
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1997
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Numeracy math literacy dominated by the spreadsheet is the currency of modern life. This authoritative study makes the case that innumeracy math illiteracy is rapidly becoming an active agent of disenfranchisement. Asked how we came to this point, the responses of a number of people who deal with math every day are published collectively here and make interesting and sobering reading.

Quantitative Reasoning

Quantitative Reasoning
Author: Eric Zaslow
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2020-01-16
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1108419410

Employs basic mathematical skills to teach students how to address topical, real-world problems using quantitative reasoning.

Current Practices in Quantitative Literacy

Current Practices in Quantitative Literacy
Author: Rick Gillman
Publisher: MAA
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2006
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0883851806

Presents a wide sampling of efforts being made on campuses across the country to achieve our common goal of having a quantitatively literate citizenry.

Mathematics and Democracy

Mathematics and Democracy
Author: Lynn Arthur Steen
Publisher: Nced
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780970954701

Mathematics and democracy: the case for quantitative literacy.

Developing Quantitative Literacy Skills in History and the Social Sciences

Developing Quantitative Literacy Skills in History and the Social Sciences
Author: Kathleen W. Craver
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2014-07-22
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1475810520

History and social sciences educators have been charged with ensuring that our students are quantitatively literate. Being able to integrate research data in the form of graphs, charts, and tables and deconstruct quantitative evidence to address questions and solve problems is no longer the domain of mathematicians. Being quantitatively literate is considered an educational imperative in a data-drenched world that holds so many employment challenges. The internet contains a treasure trove of valid and reliable sources of quantitative data that history and social sciences teachers can easily use to satisfy the quantitative literacy requirements of the National Common Core Standards. This book features 85 interesting and exciting multi-century and multicultural web sites that are accompanied by numerical critical thinking questions and activities. Teachers can pose the questions to their entire class or individually assign them. It also contains lists of best practices and examples for interpreting, visualizing, and displaying quantitative data. History and social sciences educators will find this book an indispensable tool for incorporating numerical literacy skills into their class activities and assignments.