Math Anxiety Questions and Tips part of Community:Workshop 2006
Questions Students don't panic in the grocery store or when they play electronic games, so why do they panic in class? The issue may not be anxiety or inability, but the motivation to use math appropriately. ...

Characteristics of Well-designed Activities part of Community:Workshop 2005
1. ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT The more students are actively engaged with their own learning, the more they learn. Students learn better when they are presented with problems that interest them and when they are provided ...

A Workshop: Developing Quantitative Activities for Upper Division Geoscience Students part of Community:Workshop 2005
Annual workshop bringing together mathematicians and geoscientists in order to examine various approaches to quantitative reasoning. Resulted in a peer-reviewed online publication.

Metacognition part of Community:Workshop 2005
As you read some expository text, you may reach a point at which your understanding becomes fuzzy; you decide to either reread the text or stop and work out some illustrative examples to make sure you've ...

Community part of Community
There is an extensive community of educators and researchers concerned with how we teach and learn quantitative skills. News and Events See all the current news and events related to teaching quantitative ...

Preparations part of Community:Workshop 2004
We are very excited about having you here in Northfield July 14-17 to work on materials for teaching quantitative skills. This page provides some additional information about both travel plans and the materials ...

Browse Activity Submissions part of Community:Workshop 2006
These activities are currently under development by workshop participants. Tested versions will be available soon. Prework for Rivers and Streams Lab (Intro Geology) from Rachel Teasdale, California State ...

Using Google Earth to Teach Geosciences Quantitatively part of Community:Workshop 2006
See Peter Selkin's pagethat came out of the workshop. Participant Peter Selkin conducted a very informative session about the Google Earth application and how it can be used in geoscience classes both ...

Projects part of Community:Workshop 2002
Projects Darcys Law (Acrobat (PDF) 246kB Jan20 04) for Multiple Levels in Math and Geoscience Courses, Steve Leonhardi, Cathy Summa Developing Regional Curves (Acrobat (PDF) 115kB Jan20 04) of Stream Hydraulic ...

Revised Review Criteria part of Community:Workshop 2005
Review Criteria Developed by Workshop Participants The criteria comprise a list of questions that one can ask about an existing or developing activity to assess its effectiveness in promoting quantitative skills ...