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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Numeracy across the Curriculum
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Goos, Merrilyn; Dole, Shelley; Geiger, Vince – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2012
The purpose of this article is to explain the authors' model of numeracy and outline how the project was conducted. The idea of numeracy is a relatively recent one. The term was first introduced in the UK by the "Crowther Report" (Ministry of Education, 1959) and was defined as the mirror image of literacy, but involving quantitative thinking.…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Teachers
Numeracy for What's in the News and Building an Expressway
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Willis, Kym; Geiger, Vince; Goos, Merrilyn; Dole, Shelley – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2012
This article presents a lesson that focuses on numeracy. In the lesson, students were tasked to find the best path for a new expressway. The purpose of the activity was for students to gain an appreciation of the complexities associated with designing public infrastructure and to put into practice the mathematical skills. This article also…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Rural Development, Problem Solving, Lesson Plans