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The QuIRK project website hasn't been significantly updated since 2010. We are preserving the web pages here because they still contain useful ideas and content. But be aware that the site may have out of date information.
You may be interested in checking out the Developing Quantitative Reasoning module of Pedagogy in Action.

QuIRK-Sponsored LTC Presentations

Initial Publication Date: June 10, 2008

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  • "The Past, Present, and Future of Grade Inflation," with George Shuffelton, Jim Fergerson, Cliff Clark, and Amy Csizmar Dalal of Carleton College, May 10, 2011.
  • "Rubrics, Research Practices, and Student Writing," with Iris Jastram, Heather Tompkins, and Danya Leebaw of Carleton College, February 17, 2011.
  • "A&I 1.0: The 2010 Experience and Beyond," with Peter Balaam, Andrew Fisher, and Annette Nierobisz of Carleton College, January 11, 2011.
  • "What Can We Learn from Carleton's Alumni Survey," with Jim Fergerson and Cherry Danielson of Carleton College, May 27, 2010.
  • "Beyond the Data," with Mary Savina and Cherry Danielson of Carleton College, April 29, 2010.
  • "Unemployment, Childcare, and Manatees: Using Production Meetings to Support Curricular Development," Peter Brandon, Kristen Partlo, Kathy Evertz, Paula Lackie, Andrea Nixon, and Doug Foxgrover, February 25, 2010.
  • "The QRE: Making Your Classes Count," with Greg Marfleet, Serena Zabin, and Adrienne Falcon of Carleton College, January 14, 2010.
  • "It's Just Lunch: Speed Data for the Busy Professional," with Mary Savina and Chico Zimmerman of Carleton College, October 29, 2009.
  • "A Tale of Three Assessments," with Nathan Grawe of Carleton College, October 8, 2009.
  • "High Stakes Assessment and Higher Education," Lloyd Bond (Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching), April 21, 2009
     
  • "Translating Principles of Learning into Practice: Creating an Integrated Curriculum," Claudia Neuhauser (University of Minnesota, Rochester), February 19, 2009
     
  • "How do we teach quantitative reasoning? Foster a curricular conspiracy," Deborah Hughes Hallett (University of Arizona and Harvard University), April 24, 2008
  • "Empirical methods in humanities research - and music in particular," Eric Clarke (Oxford University), April 8, 2008
  • "Weasel words: Using QR to teach precision in argumentation," Nathan Grawe, January 10, 2008 (slides (PowerPoint 3.9MB Jan17 08))
  • "Critical Thinking About Numbers in the News," Milo Schield (Augsburg College), October 2, 2007
  • "Integrative Learning: Chemistry, Carnegie, and Creativity," Trish Ferrett, April 26, 2007
  • "The Principal Language of Public Argument: Observations on Quantitative Reasoning in Student Writing," Neil Lutsky, January 30,2007
  • "Statistics in the Liberal Arts," Bob Dobrow, April 11, 2006
  • "Numbers of Words about Numbers with Words: How Faculty are Integrating Quantitative Thinking and Writing in Their Courses," Adriana Estill,Tammy Feldman, Niel Lutsky, and Mary Savina, February 7, 2006
  • "Changing Places: What We Learned by Switching Departments and Teaching Each Other's Courses," Sam Patterson and Bill Titus October 4,2005
  • "Reading, Writing, and ...Quantitative Inquiry: Involving First-Year Students in Research and Writing with Numbers," Neil Lutsky, Annette Nierobisz, and Barbara Allen, May 5, 2005.