U.S. college students are falling behind their counterparts in other parts of the world in terms of their ability to calculate basic quantitative problems, such as automobile fuel consumption or the ...

In a world drenched in data, we must ensure that students know the meaning of numbers. Our world is awash in numbers. Headlines report the latest interest-rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, hikes or ...

The media was abuzz in January with news reports, opinions and editorials sounding alarms over a study that said a significant portion of U.S. college students lack some very basic quantitative skills ...

You have /3 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Since 2012, community colleges in Texas have experimented with an alternative approach to remedial ...

The first panel was separated into two sections, each followed by a brief discussion section. It began with a presentation defining the concept of numeracy by Lynda Ginsburg, an educational researcher ...

A recent opinion piece in the New York Times by Sol Garfunkel and David Mumford stressed that what we really need is "quantitative literacy" among the general population, or the ability to make ...

WASHINGTON — Nearing a degree, most college students cannot handle many complex but common tasks, from understanding credit card offers to comparing the cost per ounce of food. Those are the sobering ...