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What is numeracy? (see also versions in French, Greek, Italian, Slovenian, Turkish, Spanish)
Effective numeracy practices (see also versions in, Dutch, Greek, Italian, Slovenian, Turkish, Spanish)
Challenges with numeracy teaching and learning among adults (see also versions in Dutch, Greek, Italian, Slovenian, Turkish, Spanish)
What is adult numeracy? (see also versions in French, Dutch ,Greek, Italian, Polish, Slovenian, Turkish, Spanish)

Research papers

Literature review on numeracy and health (see also versions in Flemish, German)
Results of math anxiety survey in Poland (see also versions in Flemish, German, Polish)
Literature overview & review: Common European Numeracy Framework

Survey results

Numeracy provision to adult learners across 11 different European countries (2025) (see also versions in Spanish)
Challenges facing adult numeracy education across Europe

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References

Díez-Palomar, J., Ramis-Salas, M., Močnik, I., Simonič, M., & Hoogland, K. (2023, November). Challenges for numeracy awareness in the 21st century: making visible the invisible. In Frontiers in Education (Vol. 8, p. 1295781). Frontiers.
XXIV Jornada Matemàtica ABEAM. Matemàtiques amb els sentits. Presentación de la comunicación: Les actuacions educatives d’èxit en l’ensenyament de les matemàtiques a l’educació de persones adultes. (Speaker: Javier Díez-Palomar)
AERA Annual Meeting. Cultivating equitable education systems for the 21^st century. San Diego, USA. 21-26 April 2022. (Virtual). Javier Díez-Palomar, Kees Hoogland, and Niamh O’Meara
ALM29 Annual Meeting. Barcelona. 10-13 July 2022. Drawing on the Dialogic Mathematics Gatherings to overcome the difficulties in rational number understanding (Javier Díez-Palomar). Barcelona.
Recreational Mathematics Colloquium. Presentación de los proyectos Numeric(All) and NiP (Speaker: Guido Ramellini).
XXV Jornada Matemàtica ABEAM. Grup FaMAT. Matemàtiques i formación d’adults. (Speaker: Javier Díez-Palomar). Barcelona.
ALM30. Numeracy theory and practice in a changing World. Reading and understanding percentages in a critical way. Speaker: Javier Díez-Palomar. Limerick, Ireland. July 2023
ALM31. Adults learning mathematics annual conference. The Common European Numeracy Framework: An updated framework to cope with 21^st century needs. Javier Díez-Palomar, Kees Hoogland, and Lonneke Boels. Lund, Sweden. (online).
15^th International Congress on Mathematical Education. 7-14 July 2024. Sydney, Australia. Key topics for the professional development of teachers in adult numeracy education. Javier Díez-Palomar and Kees Hoogland.
CERME. 4-8 February 2025. Bolzano, Italy. Discussing “numeracy” beyond the scientific community. How adult learners define numeracy and what challenges arise from that for the coming future. Javier Díez-Palomar and Kees Hoogland.
NiP’s participation in the 2025 conference series organised by FaMAT and promoted by CESIRE – Catalan Government.