Quantitative
Literacy Across the Curriculum: Everybody's ProjectEmily Lardner, Gillies Malnarich,
Caren Diefenderfer, Dorothy Wallace, Jan Ray, Len Vacher, Kim
Rheinlander, Sue Mente, Deann Leoni, Judy Moran, Rob Cole, Jerry JohnsonAugust 17-20, 2004Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort Leavenworth, WashingtonRegistration: $250.007/6/04 REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED
The need for quantitative literacy for all citizens is frequently in
the news in terms of budgets, deficits, taxes, and all kinds of public
policy decisions. The general consensus is that in the U.S., we lack
quantitative literacy skills. At the same time, many colleges are
creating degree requirements that include QL competencies. The question
is, how do we get from here to there?
This workshop is aimed at college and university teachers interested in
helping students develop their quantitative literacy skills. It will
feature a range of approaches to promoting QL, including creating
interdisciplinary learning communities, integrative assignments, and
problem-based learning about topics that cross disciplines. There
is also a track for colleges in the process of developing QL or QR
requirements at the institutional level.
Participants completing the workshop will be able to:
• Develop a QL course or project for use at their own
institution;
• Assess QL abilities of students in their courses;
and
• Compare the QL work on their campus with the work
being done on other campuses.
Participants register as teams for this workshop. At a minimum, teams
should include one person from the math department and one person from
a different department. Each day, teams will have opportunities
to participate in workshops or work on their own or in consultation
with resource faculty. The workshop ends with poster presentations from
each team.
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