Quantitative Literacy - Problems that Motivate

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2015

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Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics

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In this article, I present a selection of problem types, with examples, that have been used with some success to motivate the topics in a quantitative literacy class so that learners may begin doing mathematics without period of discussion beforehand. In their original use, the setting for these problems is a small class at a large liberal arts college, but I hope that the work described within will still have some value for teachers of high school students, especially in classes where many learners struggle to appreciate mathematics.

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Ohio Journal of School Mathematics, no. 72 (2015), 1-7.