MATHEMATICS EDUCATION:A NUMERICAL LANDSCAPE -- MATHEMATICS EDUCATION:A NUMERICAL LANDSCAPE -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- NUMBERS IN SOCIETY -- DEALING WITH NUMBERS -- WORKING WITH NUMBERS -- CURRICULA AND ASSESSMENT -- THE CASE OF MODELLING -- PISA,MODELLING, AND CURRICULA -- MATHEMATICAL COHERENCE,MODELLING, ANDCURRICULA -- STUDYING NUMBERS: HOW LONG AND UP TOWHICH DEGREE OF ACCURACY? -- COGNITIVE ASPECTS -- SEMIOTIC REGISTERS -- COMPONENTS OF NUMERICAL ACQUISITIONS -- NUMBERS AND COORDINATE GEOMETRY -- MATHEMATICAL COMPETENCE -- THE FOUR COMPETENCES -- NUMERACY -- RATIONACY -- ALGEBRACY -- 1. (ARITHMETICAL) SOLUTION AT RATIONACY LEVEL -- 2. SOLUTION AT ALGEBRACY LEVEL -- FUNCTIONACY -- DEFINITION A -- DEFINITION B -- DEFINITION C -- DEFINITION D -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.