What Does Quantitative Literacy Mean for the Middle School Curriculum?
Contrary as it may seem, taking more math or higher math courses does not necessarily improve a student’s level of quantitative literacy. It is not a direct by-product of taking math courses; it must be facilitated, it must be taught, not only by math teachers. Quantitative literacy is the responsibility of all teachers, in the same way that reading and writing are. Lynn Arthur Steen, a professor of mathematics at St.
