Achieving Quantitative Literacy: An Urgent Challenge for Higher Education

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MAA, 2004 - Mathematics - 115 pages

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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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About the author (2004)

Lynn Arthur Steen currently teaches mathematics at St. Olaf College.

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