Research Findings Based on Assessment Data part of QuIRK:QR Assessment
Findings from Assessment of Student Work Prior to QuIRK Among the most startling findings was how infrequently students used numeric evidence when such evidence would have powerfully set the context for an ...

Applying the Rubric Outside Carleton part of QuIRK:QR Assessment
QuIRK is currently engaged in five feasibility studies to learn how our assessment rubric and process can be adapted to meet the needs of a wide variety of institutions. We have completed collaborations with ...

Other QR Programs and Resources part of QuIRK:QR Program Design
National Organizations in Support of Quantitative Reasoning National Numeracy Network American Mathematics Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC) Mathematical Association of America's quantitative literacy ...

Key Elements of the QuIRK Initiative part of QuIRK:QR Program Design
"How do we teach quantitative literacy? It takes a conspiracy." -Deborah J. Hughes Hallett, at the Quantitative Literacy and Its Implications for Teacher Education conference hosted by Wingspread and ...

Workshop Agenda part of QuIRK:PKAL Workshop 08
Workshop Notebook Friday, October 10 12:00-3:15 Registration 3:30-3:40 Welcome Nathan Grawe, Director of QuIRK (Carleton College) H. Scott Bierman, Dean of the College (Carleton College) 3:40-5:00 Plenary Session: ...

Workshop Facilitators part of QuIRK:PKAL Workshop 08
David Bressoud is Professor of Mathematics and Director of the Quantitative Thinking program at Macalester College. He also currently serves as President-Elect of the Mathematical Association of America. Caren ...

Quantifying Quantitative Reasoning in Undergraduate Education: Alternative Strategies for the Assessment of Quantitative Reasoning part of QuIRK:PKAL Workshop 08
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.

QuIRK's Professional Development Curriculum part of QuIRK
"Faculty in all disciplines need significant professional support in order for them to enhance the role of quantitative [reasoning] in their courses." -National Council on Education and the Disciplines, ...

QuIRK's FIPSE Project part of QuIRK
Funding from FIPSE (2004-05 through 2007-08) supported the early development of QuIRK as an advocate of a novel approach to quantitative reasoning (QR) that located the discussion in the context of the ...

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