Using Google Earth to Teach Geosciences Quantitatively part of Quantitative Skills:Community:Workshop 2006
See Peter Selkin's pagethat came out of the workshop. Participant Peter Selkin conducted a very informative session about the Google Earth application and how it can be used in geoscience classes both ...

Some Examples of Teaching Numeracy part of Quantitative Skills:Community:Workshop 2006
Each of these PowerPoint modules is part of the Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum project. Len Vacher (University of South Florida and the National Numeracy Network) graciously provided these files to be used by ...

GIS part of Quantitative Skills:Community:Workshop 2006
Rob Benson (participant) has been ESRI Instructor for years. No need for a GIS degree - it has gotten integrated - he is trying to get GIS components into each course. GIS has gotten easier to use, 2 ½ week ...

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. ...

Projects part of Quantitative Skills:Community:Workshop 2002
Projects Darcys Law (Acrobat (PDF) 246kB Jan20 04) for Multiple Levels in Math and Geoscience Courses, Steve Leonhardi, Cathy Summa Developing Regional Curves (Acrobat (PDF) 115kB Jan20 04) of Stream Hydraulic ...

Key Elements of Successful QS Learning Opportunities in Geoscience part of Quantitative Skills:Community:Workshop 2004
The following set of principles was put forward by Dr. Sam Patterson, Professor of Mathematics at Carleton College during a presentation at the workshop. It is based largely on the summaries of the research on ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Meeting Reports part of Quantitative Skills:Community:Winter 2006
Is there a problem with quantitative preparation? This description of the current state of quantitative preparation of undergraduate geoscience students grew out of a round table discussion where meeting ...