Quantitative Skills Assessment In Geoscience Courses
http://web.archive.org/web/20070228062652/http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~mwest/quant/index.html

Michael West, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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This website offers a guide to assessing quantitative aspects of geoscience courses. Information on this site is based on a workshop by the National Association of Geoscience Teachers held July 5-9, 2000. Users can link to pdf files discussing quantitative skills assessment, hints for quantitative teaching and a quantitative skills inventory template. The site also contains references to useful journal articles on this topic.

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Part of the Cutting Edge collection. The NAGT/DLESE On the Cutting Edge project helps geoscience faculty stay up-to-date with both geoscience research and teaching methods.

Part of the Starting Point collection. The Starting Point collection includes resources addressing the needs of faculty and graduate students designing, developing, and delivering entry-level undergraduate courses in geoscience.

This resource is referenced here:

• Quantitative Skills:Issues and Discussion: Teaching Quantitative Skills in the Geosciences
• Quantitative Skills:Teaching Methods: Teaching Methods

Special Interest: Quantitative
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)