Preliminary Schedule
revised 7/16/02
Wednesday, July 24
1:00-5:00 p.m. Participants check in, Nourse Hall Lounge
5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Reception and Dinner, Alumni Guest House
7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Opening Remarks:Cathy Manduca, Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College
Quantitative Skills in Multiple Contexts: Learning to Communicate; Janet Andersen, Dept. of Mathematics, Hope College
Thursday, July 25
7:30-8:30 a.m. Breakfast, East Dining Hall
8:30-9:30 a.m. Challenges in Getting Students to Think Deeply about Mathematics (group activity) Heather Macdonald, Dept. of Geology, College of William and Mary
9:30-10:30 a.m. A Geoscience versus a Mathematical Approach to Problem Solving; Janet Andersen, Hope College
10:30-10:45 a.m. Break
10:45-11:45 a.m. A Mathematician's Map of Quantitative Skills; Sam Patterson , Dept. of Mathematics, Carleton College
11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00-2:00 p.m. A Decade of Changes in Teaching Mathematics: Lessons Learned and Challenges Encountered; Janet Andersen, Dept. of Mathematics, Hope College Margie Mason, School of Education, College of William and Mary
2:00-3:00 p.m. Teaching Quantitative Skills Using a Cross-Cutting Geoscience Concept; Mary Savina, Dept. of Geology, Carleton College
3:00 - 3:20 p.m. Break
3:20-4:20 p.m. Developing Ideas and Examples: Case Studies of Quantitative Skills in Geoscience Context - breakout groups; Mary Savina, Dept. of Geology, Carleton College
4:20-5:20 p.m. Teaching Math-Phobic Students; Margie Mason, School of Education, College of William and Mary
6:00 p.m. Dinner/Picnic
7:30-9:00 p.m. Sharing Best Ideas from home - Poster session / Sharing materials
Friday, July 26 7:30-8:30 a.m. Breakfast, East Dining Hall
8:30 -10:00 a.m. Teaching Mathematical Concepts: Conceptual Steps and Geologic Examples, Cathy Manduca, Carleton College
10:00-10:30 a.m. Poster Session and Break
10:30-11:00 a.m. Quantitative Approaches in Geoscience Research: Applications to Upper Division Coursework (presentations followed by discussion); Heather Macdonald, Department of Geology, College of William and Mary, Albert Hsui, Univ. of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Alan Shapiro, Univ. of Oklahoma, and Jennifer Wenner, Univ. of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Discussion
12:00-1:30 p.m. Lunch; optional birds of a feather lunch sessions
1:30-3:30 p.m. Quantitative Skills in the Field (field trip), Mary Savina, Dept. of Geology, Carleton College
3:30-3:45 p.m. Break
3:45-4:15 p.m. Establishing project teams and work plans
4:15-6:00 p.m. Project team work
6:30 p.m. Dinner
7:30 p.m. Work Time
Saturday, July 27
7:00 - 8:00 a.m. Breakfast, Mudd/Olin Walkway
8:30-11:15 a.m. Project work time
11:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. One minute talk session, describing our products
12:00-1:00 p.m. Bag Lunch, pick up at East dining entrance
1:00-2:00 p.m. Sharing Final Products (handouts and/or posters.) Pairs split up the hour.
2:00-2:30 p.m. Quantitative Literacy: A National Movement, Len Vacher, Weber State University
2:30-3:30 p.m. Next Steps: Collaborations between the Mathematics and Geoscience Communities. Cathy Manduca, SERC, Carleton College and Sam Patterson, Dept. of Mathematics, Carleton College
Break into two groups - one focused on quantitative literacy, one on more majors/upperlevel issues
3:30-3:45 p.m. Break
3:45-4:45 p.m. Next Steps: Institutional Action Planning what do we do when we go home? Janet Andersen, Dept. of Mathematics, Hope College and Heather Macdonald, Dept. of Geology, College of William and Mary
Closing Session
4:45 p.m. Workshop Evaluation
7:00 p.m. Dinner
Sunday, July 28
4:15 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Participants departing
6:00 - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast, Nourse Main Lounge
revised 7/16/02
Wednesday, July 24
1:00-5:00 p.m. Participants check in, Nourse Hall Lounge
5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Reception and Dinner, Alumni Guest House
7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Opening Remarks:Cathy Manduca, Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College
Quantitative Skills in Multiple Contexts: Learning to Communicate; Janet Andersen, Dept. of Mathematics, Hope College
Thursday, July 25
7:30-8:30 a.m. Breakfast, East Dining Hall
8:30-9:30 a.m. Challenges in Getting Students to Think Deeply about Mathematics (group activity) Heather Macdonald, Dept. of Geology, College of William and Mary
9:30-10:30 a.m. A Geoscience versus a Mathematical Approach to Problem Solving; Janet Andersen, Hope College
10:30-10:45 a.m. Break
10:45-11:45 a.m. A Mathematician's Map of Quantitative Skills; Sam Patterson , Dept. of Mathematics, Carleton College
11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00-2:00 p.m. A Decade of Changes in Teaching Mathematics: Lessons Learned and Challenges Encountered; Janet Andersen, Dept. of Mathematics, Hope College Margie Mason, School of Education, College of William and Mary
2:00-3:00 p.m. Teaching Quantitative Skills Using a Cross-Cutting Geoscience Concept; Mary Savina, Dept. of Geology, Carleton College
3:00 - 3:20 p.m. Break
3:20-4:20 p.m. Developing Ideas and Examples: Case Studies of Quantitative Skills in Geoscience Context - breakout groups; Mary Savina, Dept. of Geology, Carleton College
4:20-5:20 p.m. Teaching Math-Phobic Students; Margie Mason, School of Education, College of William and Mary
6:00 p.m. Dinner/Picnic
7:30-9:00 p.m. Sharing Best Ideas from home - Poster session / Sharing materials
Friday, July 26 7:30-8:30 a.m. Breakfast, East Dining Hall
8:30 -10:00 a.m. Teaching Mathematical Concepts: Conceptual Steps and Geologic Examples, Cathy Manduca, Carleton College
10:00-10:30 a.m. Poster Session and Break
10:30-11:00 a.m. Quantitative Approaches in Geoscience Research: Applications to Upper Division Coursework (presentations followed by discussion); Heather Macdonald, Department of Geology, College of William and Mary, Albert Hsui, Univ. of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Alan Shapiro, Univ. of Oklahoma, and Jennifer Wenner, Univ. of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Discussion
12:00-1:30 p.m. Lunch; optional birds of a feather lunch sessions
1:30-3:30 p.m. Quantitative Skills in the Field (field trip), Mary Savina, Dept. of Geology, Carleton College
3:30-3:45 p.m. Break
3:45-4:15 p.m. Establishing project teams and work plans
4:15-6:00 p.m. Project team work
6:30 p.m. Dinner
7:30 p.m. Work Time
Saturday, July 27
7:00 - 8:00 a.m. Breakfast, Mudd/Olin Walkway
8:30-11:15 a.m. Project work time
11:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. One minute talk session, describing our products
12:00-1:00 p.m. Bag Lunch, pick up at East dining entrance
1:00-2:00 p.m. Sharing Final Products (handouts and/or posters.) Pairs split up the hour.
2:00-2:30 p.m. Quantitative Literacy: A National Movement, Len Vacher, Weber State University
2:30-3:30 p.m. Next Steps: Collaborations between the Mathematics and Geoscience Communities. Cathy Manduca, SERC, Carleton College and Sam Patterson, Dept. of Mathematics, Carleton College
Break into two groups - one focused on quantitative literacy, one on more majors/upperlevel issues
3:30-3:45 p.m. Break
3:45-4:45 p.m. Next Steps: Institutional Action Planning what do we do when we go home? Janet Andersen, Dept. of Mathematics, Hope College and Heather Macdonald, Dept. of Geology, College of William and Mary
Closing Session
4:45 p.m. Workshop Evaluation
7:00 p.m. Dinner
Sunday, July 28
4:15 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Participants departing
6:00 - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast, Nourse Main Lounge