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University of South Florida

2009

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Using A Model That Predicts Individual Student Attrition To Intervene With Those Who Are Most At Risk, Thomas E. Miller, T. M. Tyree, Keri K. Riegler, C. H. Herreid Jan 2009

Using A Model That Predicts Individual Student Attrition To Intervene With Those Who Are Most At Risk, Thomas E. Miller, T. M. Tyree, Keri K. Riegler, C. H. Herreid

Educational and Psychological Studies Faculty Publications

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Quantitative Literacy On The Web Of Science, 2 – Mining The Health Numeracy Literature For Assessment Items, H. Len Vacher, Todd A. Chavez Jan 2009

Quantitative Literacy On The Web Of Science, 2 – Mining The Health Numeracy Literature For Assessment Items, H. Len Vacher, Todd A. Chavez

Academic Resources Faculty and Staff Publications

A topic search of the Web of Science (WoS) database using the term “numeracy” produced a bibliography of 293 articles, reviews and editorial commentaries (Oct 2008). The citation graph of the bibliography clearly identifies five benchmark papers (1995-2001), four of which developed numeracy assessment instruments. Starting with the 80 papers that cite these benchmarks, we identified a set of 25 papers (1995-2008) in which the medical research community reports the development and/or application of health-numeracy assessments. In all we found 10 assessment instruments from which we have compiled a total of 48 assessment items. There are both general and context-specific …

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Annual Report 2008-2009, University Of South Florida. College Of Education Jan 2009

Annual Report 2008-2009, University Of South Florida. College Of Education

College of Education Publications

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Spreadsheet Warm Up For Ssac Geology Of National Parks Modules, Dorien Mcgee, Meghan Lindsey, Len Vacher Jan 2009

Spreadsheet Warm Up For Ssac Geology Of National Parks Modules, Dorien Mcgee, Meghan Lindsey, Len Vacher

Tampa Library Faculty and Staff Publications

This Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module introduces students to the electronic spreadsheet as a tool for elementary calculation. The module covers some basics, including the components of a spreadsheet, the necessity of an equals symbol for cell formulas, how the mathematical concept of function applies to spreadsheets, and a few mechanical things such as copying and pasting. It also covers some basic quantitative-literacy material that will come up in later modules -- order of operation, unit conversions using proportions, order of magnitude, and a few elementary functions. The module is basically a tutorial followed by a hefty end-of-module assignment that …

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Spreadsheet Warm Up For Ssac Geology Of National Parks Modules, 2: Elementary Spreadsheet Manipulations And Graphing Tasks, Dorien Mcgee, Meghan Lindsey, Len Vacher Jan 2009

Spreadsheet Warm Up For Ssac Geology Of National Parks Modules, 2: Elementary Spreadsheet Manipulations And Graphing Tasks, Dorien Mcgee, Meghan Lindsey, Len Vacher

Tampa Library Faculty and Staff Publications

This module is designed for potential use in the Geology of National Parks service course at USF. The course is offered as an online course every semester. It includes readings from Parks and Plates, weekly quizzes based on that textbook, and weekly student activities designed to align the course with the University's general education requirements. This module is intended to be one of those activities, with the specific goal of meeting the gen-ed quantitative literacy dimension.

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