An ad hoc committee will plan and conduct a public workshop that will feature presentation of a commissioned paper on numeracy skills necessary to make informed health care choices. An ad hoc ...

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The Federal Government has decided that from 2016 student teachers will need to pass a national literacy and numeracy test before being allowed to graduate. The Government will also insist primary ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Are you a numbers person? Britain’s inaugural National Numeracy Day next week has been set up with the aim of ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. What do the Beano, Test cricket and the online video game Fortnite have in common? The answer is that they ...

New research finds links between certain math skills in young children and specific numerical activities undertaken at home with parents. The study also finds that the more parents engage in ...

State education officials are seeking input on a plan establishing a blueprint for strengthening mathematics learning and helping students improve their skills. The Illinois State Board of Education ...

Australia comes fifth in a new OECD ranking of basic literacy, but 13th in a ranking for basic numeracy, with recession-hit European nations Italy and Spain coming last in both lists. A new survey of ...

The first panel was separated into two sections, each followed by a brief discussion section. It began with a presentation defining the concept of numeracy by Lynda Ginsburg, an educational researcher ...