On Fri, 4 Feb 2011, Carrol Cox wrote:
> I wish someone would explain carefully what "literacy" means in this
> context.
Seth did in his original post in this sub-thread:
http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/pipermail/lbo-talk/Week-of-Mon-20110124/000890.html
<excerpt from PISA study>
> o Prose literacy -- the knowledge and skills needed to understand and
> use information from texts including editorials, news stories, brochures
> and instruction manuals.
>
> o Document literacy -- the knowledge and skills required to locate
> and use information contained in various formats, including job
> applications, payroll forms, transportation schedules, maps, tables
> and charts.
>
> o Quantitative literacy -- the knowledge and skills required to apply
> arithmetic operations, either alone or sequentially, to numbers embedded
> in printed materials, such as balancing a chequebook, figuring out a
> tip, completing an order form or determining the amount of interest on a
> loan from an advertisement.
<end excerpt>
Michael