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Burke; Michael C. – Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2007
Quantitative literacy, the ability to discriminate between good and bad data, the disposition to use quantitative information to think through complex problems are capacities that educators across fields should be helping students develop. Burke leads the reader to this conclusion through an extended example of income distribution, clarified and…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Data Analysis, Graphs, Statistics
Paterson, Jim – National Middle School Association (NJ1), 2007
It is recommended that schools incorporate literacy in all aspects of the curriculum. In this way, students begin to understand that reading and writing are not just for English class--they are skills that are important for many parts of daily life. This does not mean that teachers need to take time away from their other subjects to achieve this…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Cartoons, Nonverbal Communication, Literacy