Comparative Study of the Numeracy Education and Writing Across the Curriculum Movements: Ideas for Future Growth

The percentage of American institutions with a Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) program grew from 38% to 54% over the 20-year period from 1987 to 2008. Meanwhile the trajectory of the numeracy movement from publication of the popular book Innumeracy in 1988 to the appearance of Numeracy in 2008 w...

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Main Author: Cinnamon Hillyard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Numeracy Network 2012-07-01
Series:Numeracy
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1936-4660.5.2.2