[AAACE-NLA] Numeracy Review Available from OVAE's Adult Numeracy Intiative

[Condelli, Larry]

 In addition to the new NCSALL publication on adult numeracy just
announced, those interested in this topic may want to read "A Review of
Literature in Adult Numeracy: Research and Conceptual Issues," which
includes contributions by Iddo Gal, Diana Coben and Kathy Safford.  The
review is the first major product of the Adult Numeracy Initiative, a
two-year project funded by the Office of Vocational and Adult Education,
U.S. Department of Education, and conducted by the American Institutes
for Research.  The report provides a synthesis of conceptualizations of
adult numeracy, a review of the U.S. and international research
evaluating instructional approaches and interventions in adult
mathematics and numeracy teaching, a summary of professional development
initiatives and discussion of issues around assessment for adult
numeracy.  The second report of the project, a comprehensive review of
professional development initiatives in adult numeracy, will be
available later this winter.

Go to: http://www.air.org/projects/projects_ehd_adult_ed.aspx to
download the literature review.

Larry Condelli 
Managing Director 
American Institutes for Research 

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The Components of Numeracy by Lynda Ginsburg, Myrna Manly, and Mary Jane
Schmitt This occasional paper attempts to describe the complex nature of
numeracy as it exists today. While there are large-scale assessments,
standards documents, and position papers, there has not been a field-
and research-based synthesis of the components required for adults to be
numerate, to act numerately, and to acquire numeracy skills. This paper
attempts to identify and clarify the nature of these components with the
hope that such identification and clarification will guide instruction,
contribute to the design of assessments, frame research, and inform
policy. 
To download the paper, go to:  <http://www.ncsall.net/?id=26#numeracy>
http://www.ncsall.net/?id=26#numeracy