Teaching with Cases Workshop part of QuIRK:For Carleton Faculty:Teaching with Cases Workshop
Workshop helping faculty engage students in active learning through the use of case studies. Participants created their own case modules in addition to the ones listed here.

The 5th Grade Playground Project part of QuIRK:For Carleton Faculty
Neither writing nor quantitative reasoning are ever "completely learned." Rather, in both cases, students build on previous skills to attain a greater degree of sophistication. We can see this in an ...

QuIRK Support for Curriculum Reform at Carleton part of QuIRK:For Carleton Faculty
Revision of Existing Courses to Strengthen QR: Funding from an alumni donor allow us to support the preparation of revisions to existing courses intended to help students use, write about, and present quantitative ...

Pedagogical Research Grants to Study Correlates of Quantitative Reasoning Proficiency at Carleton part of QuIRK:For Carleton Faculty
Little research has been done to understand the development of quantitative reasoning proficiency. Are there particular classes which foster QR proficiency? Is a single QR-rich course sufficient or are many QR ...

Information for Faculty about QuIRK RA Program part of QuIRK:For Carleton Faculty
Faculty outside "Science and Math" who are taking their research or teaching in a new, quantitative direction can apply for a team of 2-3 students with statistics training to serve as research ...

Writing With Numbers 2 part of QuIRK:For Carleton Faculty
Recent years have seen an explosion of data availability as computer memory has expanded and the internet has dramatically reduced the cost of posting and accessing data. Unfortunately, students' ability to ...

Big Questions We Still Need to Talk About part of QuIRK:For Carleton Faculty:Writing with Images
Technology support Why should I do this in my discipline Standards and criteria for evaluation. (Do the arts folks have help for us?) Analysis vs. composition Amount of time/practicality

Name Placard Elements part of QuIRK:For Carleton Faculty
Elements of construction used in name placards: color glisteny-ness contrast dimension whimsy/irony image/text shape of letters/block letters variation in complexity references 2-3D conventions identity scale ...

Writing with Images Workshop Agenda part of QuIRK:For Carleton Faculty:Writing with Images
December 8 8:30 Gather for breakfast treats, collect materials 9:00 Introductions to each other and to visual composition Elements of construction Discussion of example images 9:45 Concepts and vocabulary of ...

Teaching with Cases Workshop Agenda part of QuIRK:For Carleton Faculty:Teaching with Cases Workshop
December 10 12:30-1:30 Lunch (and ugly holiday socks competition) Judge: Scott Bierman 1:30-2:15 Case I: Rural Reform in Centropico (David Schodt) Learning with Cases (Microsoft Word 38kB Dec1 08) (an introduction ...