Characteristics of Well-designed Activities part of Quantitative Skills: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 ...

Metacognition part of Quantitative Skills: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 ...

Competencies in Problem-Solving Domains part of Quantitative Skills:Community:Workshop 2005
Schoenfeld's Schema Based on the research on learning in mathematics, Alan Schoenfeld presents the following theoretical frame characterizing competencies in problem-solving domains: I. The knowledge base II. ...

Workshop Participant Activities part of Quantitative Skills:Community:Workshop 2005
The workshop participants have submitted these activities which will be evaluated and reviewed at the workshop. Discharge and Sediment Transport in the Field - Jeff Clark, Lawrence University Illustrating ...

A Workshop: Developing Quantitative Activities for Upper Division Geoscience Students part of Quantitative Skills: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.

Application Instructions part of Quantitative Skills:Community:Workshop 2005
The primary focus of this workshop will be refining and then publishing on-line a teaching activity that you have tested in your teaching. We request that you submit the activity you would like to work on as part ...

Revised Review Criteria part of Quantitative Skills: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 ...

Logistics and Transportation part of Quantitative Skills:Community:Workshop 2005
Travel by Air The workshop will begin at 9 a.m.on Monday, June 27. Please make your plans so that you will be able to attend the first session. We will conclude after dinner on Wednesday, June 29. It is essential ...

Workshop Participants part of Quantitative Skills:Community:Workshop 2005
Workshop Leaders Cathy Manduca, Carleton College Steve Galovich, Carleton College Greg Hancock, College of William and Mary Sam Patterson, Carleton College Participants William Locke, Montana State University ...

Key Quantitative Skills part of Quantitative Skills:Community:Workshop 2005
The two groups at the workshop, Surface Processes and Climate Change, independently considered what they would consider key quantitative skills for their particular disciplines. Some skills were cited by both ...