NSF-Supported Project Profiles

Quantitative Literacy Across the Curriculum in a Liberal Arts Setting
The project's goal is to incorporate Quantitative Literacy (QL) across the curriculum to improve students' abilities to use quantitative information. QL learning materials have been developed throughout ...

Geology of National Parks: Spreadsheets, Quantitative Literacy, and Natural Resources
Geology of National Parks: Spreadsheets, Quantitative Literacy, and Natural Resources (GNP) (DUE 0836566) is a three-year Phase-1 CCLI project that started in January 2009. It is an adaptation of Spreadsheets ...

Developing a National Model for a College-level Introductory Sociology Course
Caroline Hodges Persell, New York University Program Website Impetus: In 2001, the elected Council of the American Sociological Association (ASA) launched a Task Force with the goal of creating a curriculum for an ...

MathBench Biology Modules
Project Directors: Kaci Thompson (kaci@umd.edu) and Karen Nelson (kanelson@umd.edu), University of Maryland Program Website Impetus: A readily observed need to enhance the foundation-level quantitative abilities ...

Active Learning and Inclusion of Mathematics and Modeling for Biology Undergraduates at Everett Community College
The year long biology majors series offered at Everett Community College is being re-designed. Guided-inquiry, problem-based learning activities and interactive computer simulations with reflective writing ...