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Numbers as Story Tellers
Why do we need them?Can we trust them?How do we get to know them well?
http://www.fno.org/oct04/numeracy.ppt.htm
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What’s the story here?Founding Dates of NZ Wineries
1975 1980 1973 1974 1943 1902 1947 1942 1937 1983 1934 1936 1935 1902 1937 1961 1979
1969197619251922193719731933 19481944190419811872191818601960 18761980196719741977197919811978
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Do Numbers Ever Lie?
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“Life is getting better!”
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Maths vs. Numeracy The doing Memorized patterns Cooking by recipe
------ vs. ------- Figuring stuff out Solving unusual problems The bigger picture of literacies and understanding
Cooking for real Weaving webs of meaning
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Numbers: What are they good for?
Counting Describing Measuring Mixing Building Cooking Planning Predicting Accounting Selling Understanding
Digging to China? Finding the difficult truth?Telling stories
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Why bother?Consumer issuesCitizenship issues
Employment issues
Invention and discovery issues
Others?
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Critiquing vs. Accepting
ChallengingDebunkingWonderingAnalyzing
# Jobs
3999400
3999600
3999800
4000000
4000200
4000400
4000600
4000800
4001000
4001200
4001400
1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004
Year
Number of Jobs
# Jobs
Life is getting better!