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The following links lead to web sites which hold information about QL. Please email the Web Master if you know of more sites or if you find a dead link below. You can also find a number of links that were provided during paper sessions on our Meetings Page.

  • Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
  • National Numeracy Network (NNN)
  • Lynn Steen’s website
  • American Institution for Research recently released a report involving quantitative literacy. It has been reported on in The Chronicle of Higher Education, here is a link to the release information (with links to the final report).
  • Radical Math
    • This website is a resource for educators interested in integrating issues of social and economic justice into math curriculum and classes.
  • Statistical Literacy
    • Statistical Literacy is the study of statistics used in everyday life. Statistical literacy helps citizens in a democracy read and interpret numbers in the news to make intelligent decisions.
  • COMPASS
    • COMPASS (Curricular Options in Mathematics Programs for All Secondary Students) is a secondary school implementation project funded in part by the National Science Foundation.* We assist schools, teachers, administrators, parent groups, and other community members and constituencies interested in improving secondary school mathematics opportunities and experiences for their students.
  • World Mapper
    • World Mapper contains graphical representations of the world based on quantitative measures such as land area and population.

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Job Postings

This section is made available for institutions to advertise for jobs directly related to Quantitative Literacy.

Text Books

This section is made available for authors and publishers of textbooks which focus on Quantitative Literacy. The MAA and SIGMAA-QL are posting this information at the request of the author and publisher and inclusion in this list is not an endorsement of the text by either the MAA or SIGMAA QL. If you have a text you would like to include in this list, please email the Web Master. Contact information must be provided with each statement.

Quantitative Reasoning: Tools for Today’s Informed Citizen
This text helps students connect mathematics in the classroom with applications in the real world. Through a series of hands-on activities and explorations, the text empowers students by teaching them to apply quantitative reasoning skills to make informed decisions in their daily lives. Authors Alicia Sevilla and Kay Somers (both of Moravian College) developed this engaging, activity-based, technology-integrated text for students enrolled in an introductory-level, problem-based general education quantitative reasoning course.
  • Quantitative Reasoning: Tools for Today’s Informed Citizen, Alicia Sevilla and Kay Somers (both, Moravian College)
  • © 2007, Key College Publishing | Softcover with Student CD | Approximately 626 pages | ISBN 1-931914-90-7
  • Due: August, 2006
  • Key College Publishing Site

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