Russ Steele
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Numeracy is a contraction (or portmanteau word) of "numerical literacy", and refers to an ability to handle numbers and other mathematical concepts.. Innumeracy is the absence of numeracy.
The Sierra Environmential Studies Foundation has undertaken a program to fight innaumercy. Starting today, SESF is offering a new series on critical thinking tools, which they call Numeracy Nuggets. George Rebane, the SESF Director of Research, plans to contribute fresh Numeracy Nuggets every three to four weeks on the SESF web site. His first Nugget was posted today. If you would like to contribute your own Numeracy Nugget, please e-mail George at: [email protected].
