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Rethinking Literacy and Numeracy.
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Chapman, Anne; Lee, Alison – Australian Journal of Education, 1990
The paper questions the current mechanistic view in which literacy and numeracy skills are sharply separated, and notes the pervasiveness of mathematical ideas and representations in verbal texts. It suggests that literacy be reconstructed to include a variety of competencies which encompass numeracy. Implications for curriculum change are drawn.…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Curriculum Development, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education