A Madison-Numeracy Citation Index (2008-2015): Implementing a Vision for a Quantitatively Literate World

Abstract

This editorial recognizes the contributions made by Bernard Madison to the field of quantitative literacy with a bibliographic index of his papers, edited volumes, and works contained therein that were cited in the first eight volumes (2008-2015) of Numeracy. In total, 61 citing papers ("sources") cite 42 Madison works ("citations") a total of 218 times. The source and citation indexes provided in the appendix at the end of this editorial make it easy to see the direct contribution of Madison's work to the arguments and debates contained in the founding years of the journal. For those who are new to the field of quantitative reasoning, the citation index also provides an essential reading list. Most of the citations and sources are open-access and links within the indexes aid easy access to Madison's important contribution to Numeracy and the quantitative literacy movement.

A Twenty-Year Look at “Computational Geology,” an Evolving, In-Discipline Course in Quantitative Literacy at the University of South Florida

“…Looking at that list of topics now in combination with the use of mathematical literacy and math-literate in the statement of purpose quoted in the previous excerpt, it is worth noting HLV did not know or appreciate either the term or the concept of quantitative literacy at the time. Since then, the content of Computational Geology at USF has co-evolved from an ML-in-geology course to a QL-in-geology course as its instructor evolved from a STEM-oriented, GATC 2 path-to-calculus guy to a staunch advocate of QL/QR as inspired in general terms by Steen andMadison (see citation-Numeracy indexes in Vacher 2016 andGrawe andVacher 2017 respectively) and defined more specifically for the QL needs of students like ours by Gaze (2014). At the same time that the content of the course co-evolved with the instructor's thinking of and about QL, the conduct of the course co-evolved with his progressing experience using spreadsheets to teach mathematics in context.…”

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“…For example, the paper by Madison and Steen (2008) in our inaugural issue records the establishment of the National Numeracy Network and Numeracy. More recently, we have published bibliographies of papers in Numeracy (2008Numeracy ( -2015 citing papers by and in volumes edited by American numeracy's two most prolific thought leaders, Lynn Arthur Steen 1 (Vacher 2016) and Bernard L. Madison 2 (Grawe and Vacher 2017). Now, by codifying a new space within Numeracy for publishing witnessed histories, we intend to foster a more systematic archive of our collective past to facilitate the passing of the baton from one academic generation to the next.…”