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050 00 $aQA13$b.W48 1997
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245 00 $aWhy numbers count :$bquantitative literacy for tomorrow's America /$cedited by Lynn Arthur Steen.
260 $aNew York :$bCollege Entrance Examination Board,$c1997.
300 $axxviii, 194 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aPreface : the new literacy / Lynn Arthur Steen -- The triumph of numbers : civic implications of quantitative literacy / Theodore M. Porter -- Civic numeracy : does the public care? / Deborah Wadsworth -- Understanding the news / Gina Kolata -- Making mathematics the great equalizer / Shirley Malcolm -- Numeracy : imperatives of a forgotten goal / Iddo Gal -- National indicators of quantitative literacy / John A. Dossey -- Thinking quantitatively about science / F. James Rutherford -- Mere literacy is not enough / George W. Cobb -- Solving problems in the real world / Henry O. Pollak -- Quantitative practices / Peter J. Denning -- From opportunity to results / Judith Eaton -- Organizing mathematics education around work / Gary Hoachlander -- Mathematical competencies that employers expect / Arnold Packer -- Quantitative literacy across the curriculum / Glenda Price -- Afterword : through mathematicians' eyes / Susan L. Forman -- Appendix : defining and measuring quantitative literacy / John A. Dossey.
650 0 $aNumeracy$zUnited States.
650 0 $aMathematics$xStudy and teaching$zUnited States.
700 1 $aSteen, Lynn Arthur,$d1941-
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