Essay Collection

The Importance of Teaching Quantitative Reasoning in Higher Education
Desiree Lonon, Savannah State University
An educational essay page discussing the significance of teaching quantitative reasoning (QR) in higher education, emphasizing its role in developing critical thinking and problem-solving skills through real-world data, with examples from chemistry education and student engagement strategies. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

A System Approach in Teaching With Data in Hydrology
Hari Kandel, Lake Superior State University
An educational essay page detailing a systems-based pedagogical approach to teaching quantitative reasoning with real-world hydrology data, emphasizing data-driven inquiry, stormwater runoff modeling, watershed analysis, and student skill development within an upper-level hydrology course. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Using Data to Support Learning
Mustapha Kane, Florida Gateway College
An essay page from the Project EDDIE collection discussing strategies for integrating real-world environmental data—such as climate, hydrogeology, and pollution datasets—into undergraduate teaching to strengthen quantitative reasoning, critical thinking, and student engagement through hands-on data plotting and analysis activities. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Building student confidence in quantitative analyses using locally-relevant ecological data sets
Jon Sweetman, North Dakota State University-Main Campus
An essay page from the Project EDDIE website discusses strategies for enhancing undergraduate students' confidence in quantitative ecological analyses through the use of locally-relevant, long-term environmental datasets, hands-on citizen-science projects, and scaffolded active learning modules to mitigate math anxiety and improve quantitative literacy in a 300-level ecology course. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Improving quantitative and computational skills in under-graduate bioscience education
Tom Andersen, University of Oslo, Norway
This webpage is an essay detailing curriculum reforms at the University of Oslo’s Department of Biosciences to integrate quantitative and computational skills across undergraduate biology programs, emphasizing embedded skill development, challenges in faculty capacity and student preparedness, and lessons learned from shifting from standalone courses to a cross-cutting educational approach. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

My Efforts, Ideas and Goals with Quantitative Reasoning and Data
Anita Ho, Flathead Valley Community College
This essay page details a community college instructor's reflections on integrating quantitative reasoning and real-world data into geoscience and geography education, outlining current practices, teaching challenges, learning goals, and future plans for using public datasets from sources like NASA and Gapminder within the context of an EDDIE workshop on data-driven instruction. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Some Approaches, Challenges, Implementations, and Possible Future Attempts in Teaching Quantitative Reasoning in Undergraduate Science Courses
Dominike Merle-Johnson, Montgomery County Community College-West Campus
This webpage is an academic essay detailing a college instructor's experiences, challenges, and pedagogical strategies in implementing quantitative reasoning activities—such as stream profiling and CO₂ data analysis—in undergraduate environmental geology courses, emphasizing curriculum adaptations, student engagement, and future integration of EDDIE modules. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Teaching Quantitative Reasoning to Promote Transferable Skills
Kimberly Coleman, SUNY College at Plattsburgh
This webpage is an essay from the Project EDDIE collection discussing strategies for teaching quantitative reasoning to develop transferable skills such as critical thinking, communication, and teamwork in undergraduate environmental science education, with emphasis on data-driven inquiry, case studies, mixed-methods research projects, and assessment challenges. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Competence and confidence and student success
Kay Bjornen, Oklahoma State University-Main Campus
An educational essay page from the Project EDDIE collection discussing how the interplay between mathematical competence and student confidence impacts success in chemistry education, emphasizing hands-on labs and real-world data analysis to break negative feedback loops and enhance quantitative reasoning skills. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Helping students develop quantitative reasoning skills via classroom engagement with data
Joseph Zume, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
An essay page from the Project EDDIE collection that details strategies for teaching quantitative reasoning through data engagement in geoscience courses, featuring classroom practices in meteorology, hydrology, and geophysical imaging, with downloadable resources and context from a workshop on educational methods. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.