Numeracy Up Front: Behind the International Life Skills Survey.

Autor/in	Tout, Dave
Institution	National Languages and Literacy Inst. of Australia, Melbourne. Adult Education Resource and Information Service.
Titel	Numeracy Up Front: Behind the International Life Skills Survey.
Quelle	In: ARIS Resources Bulletin, 11 (2000) 1, S.1-5 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1443-7171
Schlagwörter	Adult Basic Education; Adult Literacy; Basic Skills; Daily Living Skills; Developed Nations; Developing Nations; Foreign Countries; International Cooperation; International Educational Exchange; Literacy Education; Numeracy; Test Items; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult education; Erwachsenenbildung; Basic skill; Grundfertigkeit; Alltagsfertigkeit; Developed countries; Industriestaat; Industrieland; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Ausland; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Internationaler Austausch; Rechenkompetenz; Test content; Testaufgabe; Australien
Abstract	The numeracy abilities of adults is now part of the 2002 International Life Skills Survey (ILSS) to be administered to representative samples of adults aged 16-65 in participating countries. The Numeracy Working Group has spent more than two years developing a conceptual framework based on the premise that numeracy is the bridge between mathematical knowledge and the real world. Since one cannot assess numeracy directly, the framework focuses on five facets of numerate behavior, which involve: (1) managing a situation or solving a problem in a real context; (2) responding to numeracy situations; (3) having information about mathematical ideas; (4) representing numeracy in a range of ways; and (5) enabling knowledge, behaviors, and processes. A scale that estimates the complexity of numeracy tasks uses the following five factors: complexity of mathematical information or data; type of operation/skill; expected number of operations; plausibility of distractors; and type of match/problem transparency. A pool of 80 assessment items has been developed that satisfies the conceptual framework and facets. Feasibility studies have resulted in 68 "good" items. A problem is that the assessment must be done through a less than ideal paper-and-pencil test. (YLB)
Anmerkungen	Adult Basic Education Resource and Information Service, National Languages and Literacy Institute of Australia, GPO Box 372F, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3001 ($20 Australian). Web site: http://sunsite.anu.edu.au/language-australia/aris.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC