Sentence examples for mathematics literacy from inspiring English sources

In the research, "Personal Information Form" and "Mathematics Literacy Self Sufficiency Scale" are used.

In that survey, the Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, American 15-year-olds fell below the international average in mathematics literacy and problem-solving.

The aim of this research is to study the connections between operational chemistry and physics problems solving skills and Mathematics Literacy Self-Efficacy of Engineering Faculty students.

Rocketship, a chain of seven charter schools in San Jose, California, blends traditional teaching with at least an hour a day of individualised online instruction in mathematics, literacy and comprehension.

According to the 2009 Program for International Student Assessment, the United States ranks 24th out of 34 countries in "mathematics literacy," trailing Sweden and the Czech Republic, and 11th in "reading literacy," behind Estonia and Poland.

The combination of a bit of music training and a lot of free play certainly has not harmed the Finns, who in the OECD's Pisa tests are among the top students in the world not just in their language skills, but in their abilities in mathematics, literacy and science.

With respect to the concept of application-oriented mathematics or mathematical literacy, the functional application of mathematics in extra-mathematical situations is emphasized, in which physical situations are translated into mathematical language and mathematics topics are then applied to these situations (Blum et al. 2004).

And instead of honing their mathematics and literacy skills, many young refugees end up as child labour, or in under-age marriages.

An appropriate use of PISA data is not to create global league tables that praise or shame countries for their performances in standardized mathematics, reading literacy and science tests.

A school system is "successful" if it performs above the OECD average in mathematics, reading literacy and science, and if students' socio-economic status has a weaker-than-average impact on students' learning outcomes.

But it is quite different from the view of (say) the OECD, a club mainly of rich countries, which runs influential studies on mathematics and literacy among its members.