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Direct linkGal, Iddo; Alatorre, Silvia; Close, Sean; Evans, Jeff; Johansen, Lene; Maguire, Terry; Manly, Myrna; Tout, Dave – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2009
Governments and other stakeholders have become increasingly interested in assessing the skills of their adult populations in order to monitor how well prepared they are to meet the challenges of the new information world. The current paper provides an overview of the conceptual framework for the assessment of numeracy developed for the OECD's…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Foreign Countries, Adults, Mathematics Skills
Ginsburg, Lynda; Manly, Myrna; Schmitt, Mary Jane – National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), 2006
The term "numeracy" is used in the adult education community to include an array of mathematically related proficiencies that are evident in adults' lives and worthy of attention in adult education settings. This occasional paper attempts to describe the complex nature of numeracy as it exists today. All stakeholders--including policymakers,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Numeracy, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Instruction
