Quantitative Literacy and Civic Virtue

Mathematics educators are occasionally called upon to justify the existence or the offering of quantitative literacy courses. This paper argues that effective quantitative literacy courses have different goals than algebra courses and are legitimate alternatives to algebra courses for non-STEM stude...

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Main Author: William Briggs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Numeracy Network 2018-07-01
Series:Numeracy
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Online Access:http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/numeracy/vol11/iss2/art7/