Achieving Quantitative Literacy: An Urgent Challenge for Higher Education |
Contents
Quantitative Literacy | 3 |
Quantitative Literacy in Higher Education | 13 |
Educational Goals for Quantitative Literacy | 21 |
Importance of Quantitative Literacy | 27 |
Quantitative Literacy and Mathematics | 33 |
Assessing Quantitative Literacy | 57 |
Achieving Quantitative Literacy | 65 |
Dialogues on Mathematics | 75 |
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