Assessment Tools   part of QuIRK:PKAL Workshop 08
The following assessment tools were discussed to varying degrees over the course of the workshop. Carleton College QuIRK Rubric The Quantitative Inquiry, Reasoning, and Knowledge (QuIRK) rubric assesses the use ...

Measured Thinking: Reasoning with Numbers about World Events, Health, Science, and Social Issues part of QuIRK:Courses
The National Council on Education and the Disciplines (2001) warns that "The world of the twenty-first century is a world awash in numbers.... Unfortunately, despite years of study and life experience in an ...

Evaluating Quantitative Methods in the Analysis of Victorian Novels part of QuIRK:Curricular Materials:Quantitative Writing:Examples
Current research on the Victorian novel includes fascinating, even radical quantitative methods that are transforming assumptions about literary history. This assignment will explore these new methods and help students learn to understand and evaluate quantitative data in relation to literature.

Lewis & Clark College part of QuIRK:PKAL Workshop 2010:Context
1. What is the status of Quantitative Reasoning programming on your campus? At present, Lewis & Clark College includes a required course in quantitative reasoning as one of its general education requirements. ...

Economics of Cost-Benefit Analysis part of QuIRK:Courses
The primary goal of this course is to teach you the technical details of economically sound cost-benefit analysis. In its most basic essence, cost benefit analysis is a means of choosing policies that yield the ...

History 239: Britain, c. 1485-1834: From Sceptred Isle to Satanic Mills part of QuIRK:Courses
This course traces the political, intellectual, economic and social history of the British Isles from the Tudor era to the Industrial Revolution. As we move from the world of Shakespeare to that of Jane Austen, we ...

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 ...

From Acadia to Acadiana: Tracing the exile of the Acadians from Nova Scotia to Louisiana (1755-1785) part of QuIRK:Curricular Materials:Quantitative Writing:Examples
Students will create 3D time lines using Bee Docs© tracing the different branches of dispersal caused by the Great Deportation of the Acadians from Nova Scotia in 1755. The collection of time lines will be donated to the Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Working Across the Life Course part of QuIRK:Courses
This course examines the experience of work from a life course perspective. This sociological approach encourages people to think about how society leaves its imprint on every stage of our individual lives. We ...

Do Quantitative Indicators Make Qualitative Meaning?: Analysis of World Development Indicators, Human Development Indicators, and Happy Planet Indicators part of QuIRK:Curricular Materials:Quantitative Writing:Examples
The following urls contains relevant materials for this assignment: http://www.happyplanetindex.org/public-data/files/happy-planet-index-2-0.pdf http://go.worldbank.org/UWABM2F1J0 http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDI_methodology.pdf