Using and Understanding Mathematics - A Quantitative Reasoning Approach, Second Edition part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Aimed at students majoring in nonmathematical fields--particularly those who feel some anxiety about math--this textbook focuses on the practical applications of mathematics in college, career, and ...

Special Issue: Enhancing the Quantitative Skills of Earth Science Students part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Issue of Mathematical Geology (now Mathematical Geoscience) devoted to showcasing the results of the March 1998 Southeastern Geological Association of America symposium on the same topic, including ...

Numeracy: Imperatives of a Forgotten Goal part of SERC Print Resource Collection
The author describes three different situations in which we use our quantitative skills: 1) Computational Situations-where a number is the desired result, 2) Decision-making Situations-where ...

Integrating the Teaching of Quantitative Skills Across the Geology Curriculum in a Department part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Abstract: One approach to teaching quantitative skills to all students in a department is to construct a matrix of the desired quantitative skills versus courses in the departmental curriculum. ...

The Third R in Literacy part of SERC Print Resource Collection
The authors make the case for incorporating mathematics into the definition of literacy, based on the pervasiveness of quantitative information and the necessity of acting on it. They provide a ...

Thinking Quantitatively about Science part of SERC Print Resource Collection
Abstract for "Why Numbers Count": The computer-driven age is here. Those who are not quantitatively literate may find themselves in a new underclass. To be effective, education ...