Action Plans part of QuIRK:PKAL Workshop 2010
Context: Prior to coming to the workshop, each institution summarized QR programming, leaning goals, and assessment on their campus. In addition, teams identified institutional barriers and assets that may help ...

Workshop Facilitators part of QuIRK:PKAL Workshop 2010
David Bressoud is Professor of Mathematics, President of the Mathematical Association of America, and former Director of the Quantitative Thinking program at Macalester College. Caren Diefenderfer is Professor of ...

Assessment Tools part of QuIRK:PKAL Workshop 2010
Carleton College QuIRK Rubric The Quantitative Inquiry, Reasoning, and Knowledge (QuIRK) rubric assesses the use and quality of QR in written arguments. The rubric is designed for application to student writing in ...

Workshop Overview part of QuIRK:PKAL Workshop 2010
Format and Goals At the end of the workshop, each institutional team will produce an action plan for enhancing QR programming and assessment on their campuses by the end of 2012. To support institutions in their ...

Workshop Agenda part of QuIRK:PKAL Workshop 2010
Friday, October 8 12:00-3:15 Registration 3:30-3:40 Welcome Nathan Grawe, Director of QuIRK (Carleton College) Beverly Nagel, Dean of the College (Carleton College) 3:40-5:00 Plenary Session: "Quantitative ...

Assessing and Programming for Quantitative Reasoning: Common Barriers, Common Assets part of QuIRK:PKAL Workshop 2010
With support from the National Science Foundation(#DUE-0717604), Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) and Carleton College's Quantitative Inquiry, Reasoning, and Knowledge (QuIRK) initiative hosted the 2008 workshop ...

Quantifying Quantitative Reasoning in Undergraduate Education: Alternative Strategies for the Assessment of Quantitative Reasoning part of QuIRK:PKAL Workshop 2010
Workshop helping faculty develop assessment tools to evaluate students' ability to use quantitative reasoning in context. Participants compared current assessment tools and developed new ones.