Red Dirt Thinking on Education: A People-Based System by Melodie Bat, John Guenther

“… In Australia, the ‘remote education system’ presents itself as a simple system where the right inputs, such as quality teachers and leaders will engender the outputs that have been set by the system, such as certain levels of English literacy and numeracy. The system has measures in place, including national testing, to report on its success. …”
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How well did experts and laypeople forecast the size of the COVID-19 pandemic? by Gabriel Recchia, Alexandra L J Freeman, David Spiegelhalter

“…Experts exhibited greater accuracy and calibration than laypersons, even when restricting the comparison to a subset of laypersons who scored in the top quartile on a numeracy test. Even so, experts substantially underestimated the ultimate extent of the pandemic, and the mean number of predictions for which the expert intervals contained the actual outcome was only 1.8 (out of 4), suggesting that experts should consider broadening the range of scenarios they consider plausible. …”
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Seeing the wood from the trees: A critical policy analysis of ıntersections between social class inequality and education in twenty-first century Ireland by Kevin Cahill

“…The focus is upon contemporary policy and legislation such as The Irish Constitution and equality legislation; social inclusion policies such as the DEIS scheme; literacy and numeracy policy documents; as well as current government policy statements on education. …”
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<i>Becoming</i> ‘Homo Economicus’ as Learned Behavior among Numerate Greek University Students by Michail Chouzouris, Panos Xenos, Platon Tinios

“…Despite the expected bias, responders with lower CRT are more likely to be susceptible to behavioral biases, even when controlling for numeracy and financial literacy. In agreement with other studies, gender is associated with significance differences, which operate both independently and through the mediation of CRT.…”
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The relation between parietal GABA concentration and numerical skills by Zacharopoulos, G, Sella, F, Emir, U, Cohen Kadosh, R

“…A negative association was found between the performance in a number sequences task and the resting concentration of GABA within the left intraparietal sulcus (IPS), a key region supporting numeracy. The relation between GABA in the IPS and number sequences was specific to (1) parietal but not frontal regions and to (2) GABA but not glutamate. …”

Pre-school quality and educational outcomes at age 11: Low quality has little benefit by Sylva, K, Melhuish, E, Sammons, P, Siraj-Blatchford, I, Taggart, B

“…The quality measures were derived from observations throughout the day of interactions and resources related to Literacy, Numeracy and Science learning, as well as observational/ interview data related to how each centre catered to diverse needs of children. …”

Does an integrated, wrap-around school and community service model in an early learning setting improve academic outcomes for children from low socioeconomic backgrounds? by Newman, S, McLoughlin, J, Skouteris, H, Blewitt, C, Melhuish, E, Bailey, C

“…Students who did/did not attend the Doveton Model Early-Learning-Centre were compared using standard reading, oral-language, writing and numeracy tests from school-entry to Year 3. There was a trend towards higher academic achievement for students who attended Doveton early-learning compared to students who had not. …”

Predictors of mathematics and literacy skills at 15 years old in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam: A longitudinal analysis by Tredoux, C, Dawes, A

“…The models indicate that children whose mothers are rendered psychologically vulnerable by the stresses of poverty are at risk of poor physical growth in the early years, and that this impacts language, cognition and numeracy skills across childhood. Early disadvantages in poorer children are compounded by challenges of combining household responsibilities with schooling from middle childhood through adolescence. …”

Applying a Thurstonian, two-stage method in the standardized assessment of writing by McGrane, JA, Humphry, SM, Heldsinger, SA

“…Written performances were taken from Australia’s National Assessment Program—Literacy and Numeracy, which included both narrative and persuasive performances from students aged 8 to 15. …”

Integrating Learning Techniques into iCAL4LA-Bijak Matematik Courseware to Motivate Low Achieving Children in Learning by Ahmad, Siti Zulaiha, Abdul Mutalib, Ariffin

“…This study looks into the solution of learning difficulties confronted by the low achieving (LA) children who particularly have problems in literacy (reading) and numeracy (calculating). This study proposed the suitable learning techniques integrated into a learning course ware in order to ensure the children are engaged during the learning process as well as able to accomplish the whole learning content. …”

Design and outcomes of the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute coronary heart disease cohort study by Christianne L. Roumie, Niral J. Patel, Daniel Muñoz, Justin Bachmann, Ashton Stahl, Ryan Case, Cardella Leak, Russell Rothman, Sunil Kripalani

“…Most respondents' health literacy and numeracy were adequate (83.2% and 84.3%, respectively). …”
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PERSEPSI GURU SUMATERA SELATAN TERHADAP ASESMEN KOMPETENSI MINIMAL DALAM UPAYA MENINGKATKAN BERPIKIR KRITIS SISWA by Nurhayati, Nurhayati, Ernalida Ernalida, Nurulanningsih Nurulanningsih, Izzah Izzah, Yanti Sariasih, Hani Atus Solikhah

“…KEYWORDS: minimum competency assessment; critical thinking; reading literacy; numeracy literacy; teachers’ perceptions.…”
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Language teaching is no panacea: A theoretical perspective and critical evaluation of language in education within the South African context by Heila Jordaan

“…This is regarded by many researchers as the primary reason for the disturbingly low numeracy and literacy achievement levels of the majority of South African schoolchildren. …”
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Drawing skills at the beginning of higher education: Teachers’ perspectives, expectations, and realities by Pedro Ramalho da Silva, Odete Palaré

“…Another factor has been the overemphasis on literacy and numeracy, which has resulted in an unbalanced weighting of these school subjects on instructional time. …”
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Numerical Training Videos and Early Numerical Achievement: A Study on 3-Year-Old Preschoolers by Alessandro Cuder, Marta Vidoz, Chiara De Vita, Sandra Pellizzoni, Maria Chiara Passolunghi

“…Based on our results, numerical training videos could be effective in helping to enhance early numeracy skills in very young preschoolers.…”
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Mathematics Competence Level: The Contribution of Non-symbolic and Spatial Magnitude Comparison Skills by Marisol Cueli, Débora Areces, Ursina McCaskey, Ursina McCaskey, David Álvarez-García, Paloma González-Castro

“…Participants were assessed with the Early Numeracy Test which provides a global MCL score. Magnitude comparison skills were assessed with two tasks: a non-symbolic number comparison task and a spatial comparison task. …”
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Are Psychotic Experiences Related to Poorer Reflective Reasoning? by Martin J. Mækelæ, Steffen Moritz, Gerit Pfuhl

“…We also measured algorithmic performance with the Berlin numeracy test and the wordsum test. Psychotic-like experiences were measured with the Community Assessment of Psychic Experience (CAPE-42) scale.Results: Psychotic-like experiences were positively correlated with a larger receptivity toward bullshit, more ontological confabulations, and also a lower score on the CRT but not with algorithmic task performance. …”
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A Health Literacy-Focused Intervention for Latinos with Hypertension by Hae-Ra Han, Sabianca Delva, Rebeca Vergara Greeno, Serban Negoita, Mia Cajita, Wilson Will

“…Participation in the intervention resulted in improved blood pressure, numeracy, and psychological outcomes. Our findings support health literacy education as a promising avenue in promoting HBP control among inner-city Spanish-speaking Latinos.…”
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Indigenous higher education sector: the evolution of recognised Indigenous Leaders within Australian Universities by Stacey Kim Coates, Michelle Trudgett, Susan Page

“…Indigenous Australians' early experiences of ‘colonialised education’ included missionary schools, segregated and mixed public schooling, total exclusion and ‘modified curriculum’ specifically for Indigenous students which focused on teaching manual labour skills (as opposed to literacy and numeracy skills). The historical inequalities left a legacy of educational disparity between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. …”
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STUDENTS' EPISTEMOLOGICAL BELIEFS IN SOLVING GEOMETRY TRANSLATION PROBLEMS by Syafruddin Kaliky, Patma Sopamena, Arya Putra

“… The 2018 PISA results show that Indonesian students' numeracy and literacy skills are poor. Epistemological beliefs, beliefs in mathematical knowledge, are one of the factors contributing to poor student literacy skills. …”
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