Teaching Quantitative Skills in the Geosciences part of Issues and Discussion
Quantitative Skills in the Geosciences Cathryn A. Manduca, Carleton College, 2002 This essay argues that geoscience faculty should care about integrating quantitative skills into their teaching and synthesizes many ...

Issues and Discussion part of Issues and Discussion
Teaching Quantitative Skills in the Geosciences This essay, written by Cathryn Manduca (SERC, Carleton College) in 2002, lays the groundwork why geoscience faculty should care about integrating quantitative skills ...

Characteristics of Well-Designed Activities part of Issues and Discussion
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 ...

Review Criteria for Quantitative Activities part of Issues and Discussion
Developed and Revised 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 ...

NNN Column - Ratiocination part of Issues and Discussion
The links below will take you to the pages for the installments of the column on the NNN website. To return to this page, just use your web browser's "Back" button. Ratiocination Dr. Eric Gaze, ...

Developing Quantitative Activities for Upper Division Geoscience Students part of Issues and Discussion
Developing Quantitative Activities for Upper Division Geoscience Students was a workshop held at Carleton College in 2005 in Northfield, MN. The participants aimed to create a body of activities for use in teaching ...

Is there a problem with quantitative preparation? part of Issues and Discussion
Are undergraduate geoscience students ready for graduate programs? Session Report: 9:30-11:45 AM, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2006 (Download this report. (Acrobat (PDF) 79kB Apr6 06)) Geological sciences are extremely ...

Quantitative Competencies part of Issues and Discussion
Session Report: 1:00—5:30 PM, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2006 (Download this report. (Acrobat (PDF) 82kB Apr6 06)) Math mechanics - can you crank out a correct answer? This is a list of mathematical concepts that incoming ...

Recommendations for Undergraduate Departments and Programs part of Issues and Discussion
Session Report: 8:30-10:15 AM, Wednesday, February 22, 2006 (Download this report. (Acrobat (PDF) 85kB Apr10 06)) The recommended steps below are ordered in order based on the presumed ease of implementation, with ...

Recommendations for Needed New Resources part of Issues and Discussion
Session Report: 10:30-11:15 AM, February 22, 2006 (Download this Report (Acrobat (PDF) 72kB Apr7 06)) Need Workshops: to foster contemplation. for "mountain-top" experiences. Target department chairs or ...