A New Literacies Approach to Academic Numeracy Practices in Higher Education

This paper explores the terms ‘mathematical literacy’, ‘quantitative literacy’ and ‘numeracy’, in order to gain theoretical clarity on their meanings and the ways in which they are used. The teaching-learning situation and the learner are constructed in particular ways by these terms, and different...

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Main Authors: Robert Prince, Arlene Archer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UTS ePRESS 2008-02-01
Series:Literacy and Numeracy Studies
Online Access:https://learning-analytics.info/journals/index.php/lnj/article/view/1948