1st Edition
Learning to Read the Numbers Integrating Critical Literacy and Critical Numeracy in K-8 Classrooms. A Co-Publication of The National Council of Teachers of English and Routledge
144 Pages
by
Routledge
142 Pages
by
Routledge
144 Pages
by
Routledge
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Being a critical reader of numerical information is an integral part of being literate in today’s data-drenched world. Uniquely addressing both mathematics and language issues, this text shows how critical readers dig beneath the surface of data to better evaluate their usefulness and to understand how numbers are constructed by authors to portray a certain version of reality. Engaging, concise,... Read more
Preface
1. Learning to Read the Numbers: It’s Everybody’s Business
2. Getting What You Ask For: Examining the Question
3. Definitions and Categories: Deciding What Gets Counted
4. Creating the Visual: Playing Statistical Hide and Seek
5. What We Don’t Know: Critiquing the Sample and the Conclusions
6. Learning to be Critics: A Case Study of Children’s Television Advertising
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
References
Index
Biography
David J. Whitin teaches mathematics education courses in the Elementary Education Department at Wayne State University.
Phyllis E. Whitin teaches language arts education courses in the Elementary Education Department at Wayne State University.
