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Pugalee, David K.; Hartman, Kimberly J.; Forrester, Jennifer H. – Investigations in Mathematics Learning, 2009
Quantitative literacy involves a set of skills necessary to reason about data. Such skills are imperative in our increasingly data-oriented world. Despite the importance of such skills, assessment of quantitative literacy has not been a focus in education and there is a lack of assessment tools that specifically address these skills. This study…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Scoring, Numeracy, Grade 6
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Coggeshall, Kara; Doherty, Jim – Voices from the Middle, 2004
The dilemma of promoting young adult literacy gripped the authors' seventh-grade class last year as never before. In an attempt to obliterate the students' reluctance to reading, the authors looked to technology to help motivate the students and break down their resistance to reading. This article describes the authors' successful integration of…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Adult Literacy, Reading Instruction, Grade 7