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Mathematical Association of America, MAA, K-16, NCED, National Council on Education and the Disciplines, Quantitative Literacy, Mathematical Literacy, Mathematical Reaasoning, Quantitative Reasoning, Numeracy, National Numeracy Network, NNN, QL, MR, QR, General Education,"> Quantitative Literacy: Why Numeracy Matters for Schools and Colleges <!--link href="/news/news_css.css" rel="stylesheet"--> This is a cached version of http://www.maa.org/Ql/qltoc.html. Diigo.com has no relation to the site.x QUANTITATIVE LITERACY
Why Numeracy Matters for Schools and Colleges Proceedings of the National Forum on Quantitative Literacy held at the
National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. on December 1-2, 2001. Bernard L. Madison and Lynn Arthur Steen, Editors
Natonal Council on Education and the Disciplines
Princeton, New Jersey, 2003 View the entire document online, download the WhyNumeracyMatter

Middle States Commission on Higher Education promotes "scientific and quantitative reasoning" in Standard 12: General Education "Standard 12: General Education" in which it states: "The institution's curricula are designed so that students acquire and demonstrate college-level proficiency in general education and essential skills, including at least oral and written communication, scientific and quantitative reasoning, critical analysis and reasoning, and technological competency." Also mentioned in Standard 11

From Inside Higher Education, an article that refers to US Dept of Ed study...

citizen science project

A database of 50 learning theories.

somewhat dated now but demonstates the expanse of online programs....

journal recommended by Iddo Gal

Article by Gal and Ginsberg, 1992 about research on attitudes toward math and science