Calculation vs. Context: Quantitative Literacy and Its Implications for Teacher Education

June 22-24, 2007 Wingspread Conference Center Racine, Wisconsin
Lynn Arthur Steen

Mathematical Association of America | 2008 | 197 páginas

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Literacia Quantitativa

Quantitative literacy. Why literacy matters for schools and colleges.
Proceedings of the National Forum on Quantitative Literacy held at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. on December 1-2, 2001.
Bernard L. Madison e Lynn Arthur Steen, Editors

National Council on Education and the Disciplines | 2003

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Mathematics and democracy. The case for quantitative literacy

Lynn Arthur Steen

The National Council on Education and the Discipline | 2001

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Capítulos:
Preface: Mathematics, Numeracy, and Democracy
Robert Orrill
The Case for Quantitative Literacy
The Quantitative Literacy Design Team
The Emergence of Numeracy
Patricia Cline Cohen
Connecting Mathematics with Reason
Joan L. Richards
Numeracy, Mathematics, and General Education
An Interview with Peter T. Ewell
Reflections on an Impoverished Education
Alan H. Schoenfeld
The Emperor’s Vanishing Clothes
Dan Kennedy
Numerical Common Sense for All
Wade Ellis, Jr.
Mathematics and Numeracy: Mutual Reinforcement
Alfred B. Manaster
Connecting Theory and Practice
An Interview with James H. Stith
Quantitative Literacy for the Next Generation
Zalman Usiskin
Encouraging Progressive Pedagogy
Larry Cuban
Achieving Numeracy:The Challenge of Implementation
Deborah Hughes-Hallett
Setting Greater Expectations for Quantitative Learning
Carol Geary Schneider
Epilogue: Embracing Numeracy
Lynn Arthur Steen

On the Shoulders of Giants: New Approaches to Numeracy

Lynn Arthur Steen

National Academy Press | 1990 | 144 Páginas | PDF

Link on-line: nap.edu
eric.ed.gov

archive.org

alguns capítulos on-line:
- Pattern pdf 1 pdf 2
Lynn Arthur Steen
- Dimension
Thomas F. Banchoff
- Quantity
James T. Fey
- Uncertainty
David S. Moore
- Shape
Marjorie Senechal pdf 1 pdf 2 pdf 3 pdf 4 pdf 5pdf 6
- Change
Ian Stewart

Forces created by the proliferation of computer hardware and software, by innovative methods of mathematical modelling and applications, by broader demographic considerations, and by schools themselves are profoundly changing the way mathematics is practiced, the way mathematics is taught, and the way mathematics is learned. In this volume, a vision of the richness of mathematics is expressed and illustrated as five different possible strands of school mathematics through the expansion on the theme of mathematics as the language and science of patterns with emphases on interconnections and communalities. Included are: (1) an introduction to the five sample strands with examples of the continuity underlying the fundamentals of mathematics, of the mathematical connections that both unite and repeat, and of the mathematical perspective necessary to view both the variety and the regularity of patterns; (2) the Dimension strand, which focuses on the development of relationships between the different dimensions with emphasis on three-dimensional topics; (3) the Quantity strand, which provides insights into the three basic tasks of measuring, ordering, and coding with attendant symbologies and procedures; (4) the Uncertainty strand, which develops ideas about the natural themes and strategies within the twin concepts of data and chance; (5) the Shape strand, which uses classification to discover similarities and differences among objects, analysis to discern the components of form, and representation to recognize and comprehend shapes within different contexts; and (6) the Change strand, which advocates imaginative and sensitive responses to the constantly emerging new types of patterns, including patterns of thinking about nature, as well as mathematics.