Aligning Test Scoring Procedures with Test Uses: A Balancing Act by Leanne R. Ketterlin Geller, Lindsey Perry, Linda M. Platas, Yasmin Sitabkhan

“…In this paper, we examine three test scoring procedures for an operational assessment of early numeracy, the Early Grade Mathematics Assessment (EGMA). …”
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Narrative Competence and the Enhancement of Literacy by Stephen Dobson

“…This essay argues for narrative competence as an underlying skill neglected in educational policy makers’ calls for enhanced literacy through improved reading, writing, numeracy and working with digital technology. This argument is presented in three parts. …”
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Humans rely more on algorithms than social influence as a task becomes more difficult by Eric Bogert, Aaron Schecter, Richard T. Watson

“…This effect persisted even after controlling for the quality of the advice, the numeracy and accuracy of the subjects, and whether subjects were exposed to only one source of advice, or both sources. …”
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Setting Them Up To Fail by David Allan

“…Although the vocational route can lead to a nationally recognised qualification, literacy and numeracy achievements are often below the expected standard, thus creating a mismatch in identified abilities. …”
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Hypertension literacy: Concept analysis by Kennedy Diema Konlan, Hyeonkyeong Lee, Eun Kyoung Choi

“…Results Hypertension literacy's defining attributes were hypertension information search skills, comprehension of numeracy associated with blood pressure and medication and utilization of hypertension prevention information. …”
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PROTOCOL: Causal mechanisms linking education with fertility, HIV, and child mortality: A systematic review by Fatima Zahra, Nicole Haberland, Stephanie Psaki

“…(2) How does the relationship between these mediators and education vary across different aspects of education (e.g., grade attainment vs. literacy/numeracy vs. attendance)?…”
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The research reported in this article was conducted from a socio-environmental perspective on learners’ school readiness when entering Grade 1, as well as their school performance... by Erna van Zyl

“…The relation between school readiness and performance in Home Language and Numeracy in Grade 1, and performance in the same learning areas in Grade 4 were investigated by means of a longitudinal quantitative study. …”
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Ethnomatematics Exploration in Traditional Games As A Form Of Student’ Social Interaction by Moh Zayyadi, Sri Indriati Hasanah, Ema Surahmi

“…Mathematics as one of the subjects taught in elementary school to gain numeracy skills. In mathematics learning, informal knowledge of mathematics is developed into a mathematical concept through social interaction. …”
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Penalaran Matematis: Pembiasaan Soal High Order Thinking Pada Siswa Usia Sekolah Dasar by Octarina Hidayatus Sholikhah, Amalia Chamidah

“…This is a literature study, the data was collecting using literature studies on scientific journal articles and news about mathematical reasoning, high order thinking, and numeracy. The modeling cycle is recommended for teaching mathematics in elementary school through series of problem solving stages in questions with higher order thinking skill concept. …”
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Analysis of a Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) by Moldir Pocstar

“…Research results indicate that instead of gender, literacy, numeracy, and ICT skills are important for leadership. …”
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How to Gain Knowledge When Data Are Shared? Open Government Data from a Media Pedagogical Perspective by Valentin Dander

“…Various objectives for media pedagogy – such as media, digital and data literacy, numeracy and picturacy – will be discussed in order to draw conclusions on a conceptual level. …”
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Cognitive Science and the Common Core Mathematics Standards by Eric A. Nelson

“…As one test of this prediction, in a recent OECD assessment of numeracy skills among 22 developed-world nations, U.S. 16–24 year olds ranked dead last. …”
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Aging and choice by Betty E. Tanius, Stacey Wood, Yaniv Hanoch, Thomas Rice

“…Age did not have a negative effect on decision performance; however numeracy and speed of processing significantly affected performance across groups. …”
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Education For All in Vietnam: high enrolment, but problems of quality remain. by Lan, P, Jones, N, Thuy, T, Lyytikainen, M

“…Without corrective action, many poor children are likely to leave primary school with inadequate numeracy or literacy skills.…”

Measuring interactional quality in pre-school settings: Introduction and validation of the sustained shared thinking and emotional wellbeing (SSTEW) scale by Howard, S, Siraj, I, Melhuish, E, Kingston, D, Neilsen-Hewett, C, De Rosnay, M, Duursma, E, Luu, B

“…This study compared ratings on the SSTEW and Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale – Extension (ECERS-E) to consider the impact of varying levels of curricular and interactional quality on child development in 45 Australian pre-school centres; namely the language, numeracy and socio-behavioural development of 669 children at the end of their pre-school year. …”

Domain-general and domain-specific influences on emerging numerical cognition: contrasting uni-and bidirectional prediction models by Coolen, I, Merkley, R, Ansari, D, Dove, E, Dowker, A, Mills, A, Murphy, V, von Spreckelsen, M, Scerif, G

“…One hundred and seventy 3- and 4-year-old-children were tested at two time points, 5 months apart, on four domain-general executive and five domain-specific numeracy tasks. A latent EF factor was a strong predictor of symbolic maths and of their growth. …”

The correlation between reading and mathematics ability at age twelve has a substantial genetic component by Davis, O, Band, G, Pirinen, M, Haworth, C, Meaburn, E, Kovas, Y, Harlaar, N, Docherty, S, Hanscombe, K, Trzaskowski, M, Curtis, C, Strange, A, Freeman, C, Bellenguez, C, Su, Z, Pearson, R, Vukcevic, D, Langford, C, Deloukas, P, Hunt, S, Gray, E, Dronov, S, Potter, S, Tashakkori-Ghanbaria, A, Edkins, S, Bumpstead, S, Blackwell, J, Bramon, E, Brown, M, Casas, J, Corvin, A, Duncanson, A, Jankowski, J, Markus, H, Mathew, C, Palmer, C, Rautanen, A, Sawcer, S, Trembath, R, Viswanathan, A, Wood, N, Barroso, I, Peltonen, L, Dale, P, Petrill, SA, Schalkwyk, L, Craig, I, Lewis, C, Price, T, Donnelly, P, Plomin, R, Spencer, C, The Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium

“…Dissecting how genetic and environmental influences impact on learning is helpful for maximizing numeracy and literacy. Here we show, using twin and genome-wide analysis, that there is a substantial genetic component to children's ability in reading and mathematics, and estimate that around one half of the observed correlation in these traits is due to shared genetic effects (so-called Generalist Genes). …”

The Tablet as a Classroom Musical Instrument by Adam Hart

“…In practice, however, many primary schools do not have the resources and guidance to deliver this, and with the pressures of literacy and numeracy attainment, the more advanced aspects of music education, such as notation and theory, often seem unachievable goals. …”
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Analysis of the Statistical Literacy Ability of Sociology Education Students by Nur Hasanah Syarief, Maria Martini Aba, Ryan Nizar Zulfikar

“…The research results show that more than 50% of students can fulfill statistical literacy competencies such as understanding statistical concepts, numeracy, interpretation, and communication skills. …”
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Trapped in the Past or Empowered for the Future? Afghan Women’s Prospects in the Decade to Come by Sepi Azarbaijani-Moghaddam

“…At home – where they customarily have been bartered into marriages – girls should be expected to gain skills in literacy and numeracy that can lead to a salary and professional status. …”
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