Category Archives: Numeracy

      The development of adults’ core skills for work and life requires attention to language and literacy, but numeracy counts as well, says Dave Tout. Link: http://rd.acer.edu.au/article/dont-subtract-numeracy

Maths Everywhere has been developed in the UK as part of the Maths4Us initiative. It is an interactive application targeting adults and focusing on building real life numeracy skills. It includes instructional videos, practise sessions and challenges.

Numeracy skills include the use of mathematical skills in real life, the use of mathematical skills towards achieving a goal and the ability to communicate about mathematical ideas. The following short video illustrates the mathematics (left hand and middle panels) …

Why do learners or workers, no matter whether they are young people or adults, have difficulty in solving or answering questions or tasks where the maths is embedded in a context? As part of the writing of test items for …

We make sense of our complex and uncertain world with information about risk that is often presented in terms of probabilities, proportions, percentages and other ratio concepts.  Whether we correctly understand these risks—i.e., whether or not we are risk literate—depends …

Do you think you know the answer to this question: 6 ÷ 2(1+2) = ? An interesting article exploring numeracy syntax conventions commonly accepted as universal truths: What Is the Answer to That Stupid Math Problem on Facebook?