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Der Flyer des DIE-Projekts „@lpha – Innovative Ansätze in der Grundbildung durch medienbasierte Zugänge“ gibt grundlegende Informationen zum Projektvorhaben. Bei dem in Deutschland noch selten verwendeten Begriff „Literacy“ geht es um Ver-ständnis, Orientierung und Handeln-Können, weniger um das Buchstabieren von Texten. @lpha untersucht in diesem Zusammenhang, - welche Zugänge und Möglichkeiten das multimediale Lernen für Menschen mit besonderen Lernbedürfnissen bietet; - welchen Beitrag d…
In this article, terms and the state of research on adult numeracy are compiled in a systematic way. The findings and theories are selected according to their relation to the German-language discourse of adult education and at the same time embedded in a historical context as well as in international discourse. Many recent findings confirm Jean Lave’s approach in that numeracy differs from school mathematics in the high relevance of rules of thumb and estimates as well as in less formal procedu…