Special Issue Article: Preparing for the 21st Century: The Status of Quantitative Literacy in the United States: This article continues our October 2000 Special Issue theme of “A Vision for Science and Mathematics Education in the 21st Century.”

School Science and Mathematics

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 405-418

  Wilkins, Jesse L M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85181224824     PISSN: 00366803     EISSN: 19498594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1949-8594.2000.tb17329.x     Document Type: Article

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