Calculation vs. Context
Quantitative Literacy and Its Implications for Teacher Education
June 22–24, 2007
Wingspread Conference Center
Racine, Wisconsin
Edited by
Bernard L. Madison
University of Arkansas
and
Lynn Arthur Steen
St. Olaf College
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Front Matter and Table of Contents
Introduction
- Planning a Conversation about Quantitative Literacy and Teacher Education — Bernard L. Madison
- Reflections on Wingspread Workshop — Lynn Arthur Steen
Keynote Presentation
- Reflections on Quantitative Reasoning: An Assessment Perspective — Richard J. Shavelson
Commissioned Papers
- Humanism and Quantitative Literacy — Robert Orrill
- Arguing with Numbers: Teaching Quantitative Reasoning through Argument and Writing — Neil Lutsky
- Fractions and Units in Everyday Life — Alan Tucker
- Quantitative Literacy and School Mathematics: Percentages and Fractions — Milo Schield
- Preparing Students for the Business of the Real (and Highly Quantitative) World — Corrine Taylor
- Beyond Calculation: Quantitative Literacy and Critical Thinking about Public Issues — Joel Best
- Quantitative Literacy for All: How Can We Make it Happen — Hugh Burkhardt
- The Licensure of Teachers for Quantitative Literacy: Who Should Be Entitled to Teach QL? — Frank B. Murray