H. L. Vacher
Looking at the Multiple Meanings of Numeracy, Quantitative Literacy, and Quantitative Reasoning
University of South Florida
subject journal goes variety names numeracy quantitative literacy quantitative reasoningsome authors use terms interchangeablyothers see distinctions themstudy psycholinguistic ontological concepts laid literature wordnet familiarity papers journal suggests vocabulary matrix consisting four rows word senses three columns word forms namely numeracy ql qrthe four word senses correspond four sets synonyms numeracy numeracy ql ql qr numeracy ql qreach word forms polysemous numeracy points first second fourth senses ql points second third fourth qr points third fourththe four synsets senses three different branches diverging wordnet synset identifying concept cognition knowledgeql qr cognitive process branch numeracy numeracy ql cognitive skill ability branch numeracy ql qr mental attitude branchfor comparison wordnet places synsets mathematics statistics hyponyms disciplines study another branch cognitive content branch