Carleton's Quantitative Inquiry Reasoning and Knowledge (QuIRK) Initiative - Carleton's QuIRK Initiative has done a variety of things to help raise the quantitative skills of Carleton students.
Quantitative Writing - Quantitative Writing is the written explanation of a quantitative analysis. This module explains how to use Quantitative Writing in the classroom.
Teaching with Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum - Ask students a quantitative question in a non-mathematics context. Then help them solve that question using spreadsheets. This module discusses this pedagogy and it's benefits.
Teaching Quantitative Skills in the Geosciences - This website deals with the opportunities and challenges of teaching quantitative skills in the geosciences which have traditionally been seen as more "descriptive" in nature.
Quantitative Literacy at Other Institutions
- Bowdoin Quantitative Skills Program ( This site may be offline. )
- Dartmouth College Center for Mathematics and Quantitative Education
- Dartmouth College Chance Program
- Trinity College, Hartford (Quantitative Literacy program)
- Wellesley College Quantitative Reasoning program
- Kenyon College Quantitative Literacy requirement
- St. Olaf College Quantitative Literacy Page
Quantitative Literacy Organizations
Print References
Steen, executive editor, 2001, Mathematics and Democracy: The Case for Quantitative Literacy, National Council on Education and the Disciplines
Richardson and McCallum, "Quantitative Literacy and the Curriculum", 2002
Relevant LTC Sessions
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LTC: Quantitative Skills in the Sciences: What Students Need to Know
Carleton College Learning and Teaching Center, PEPS
By PEPS Samuel Patterson, Professor of Mathematics, Chair of Mathematics and Computer Science
Carleton College Learning and Teaching Center, PEPS
By PEPS Neil Lutsky, Professor of Psychology and Annette Nierobisz, Assistant Professor of Sociology Cosponsors: The Quantitative Inquiry, Reasoning, and Knowledge (QuIRk) program and the FIPSE grant
Carleton College Learning and Teaching Center, PEPS
By PEPS Adriana Estill, Assistant Professor of English and American Studies; Tammy Feldman, Visiting Associate Professor of Economics; Neil Lutsky, Professor of Psychology; Mary Savina, Professor of ...
Carleton College Learning and Teaching Center
Tammy Feldman, Visiting Associate Professor of Economics; and Neil Lutsky, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Psychology. Cosponsor: Quantitative Inquiry, Reasoning, and Knowledge (Quirk) Initiative.
LTC: Critical Thinking About Numbers in the News
Carleton College Learning and Teaching Center
Milo Schield, Professor, Department of Business Administration, Augsburg Colelge Milo Schield discusses research he has been doing on how numbers are represented in the popular media. In addition, he ...