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June 14–18, 2005, Macalester
College, St. Paul, Minnesota.
The workshop will be followed by the annual
meeting of the National Numeracy Network, June 18–19,
2005. Participants in the workshop are welcomed and encouraged to
stay for the NNN meeting.
Workshop Leaders
- Jack Bookman, Duke Univerrsity, Mathematics
- David Bressoud, Macalester College, Mathematics
- Caren Diefenderfer, Hollins University, Mathematics
- Beth Fratesi, University of South Florida, Geology
- Michael Gettings, Hollins University, Philosophy
- Steve Holland, Macalester College & Luther College, Economics
- Carla Howery, American Sociological Association, Sociology
- Daniel Kaplan, Macalester College, Mathematics
- Bernard Madison, University of Arkansas, Mathematics
- Judy Moran, Trinity College (Hartford), Quantitative Studies
- Kim Rheinlander, Dartmouth College, Mathematics
- Katherine Rowell, Sinclair Community College (Dayton), Sociology
- Milo Schield, Augsburg College, Business Administration
- Stephen Sweet, Ithaca College, Sociology
- Len Vacher, University of South Florida, Geology
- Dorothy Wallace, Dartmouth College, Mathematics
Schedule
Tuesday, June 14, registration and dinner
will be held in the Board Room in Weyerhaeuser Hall:
4:00–6:00 pm Room Check-in for participants,
30 Macalester Street
5:00–7:00 pm Registration and
Reception, Weyerhaeuser Board Room
7:00–8:00 pm Dinner
8:00–9:00 pm Keynote Address: Designing a Quantitative
Literacy Program, Milo Schield
Wednesday, June 15, all sessions except
the evening session will be in the Board Room in Weyerhaeuser:
8:45–10:15
Session I: Developing the QL Habit of Mind in Multiple Contexts:
Geoscience Education Modules Len Vacher and Beth Fratesi
10:30–12:00 Session II: Quantitative
Reasoning in the Arts and Humanities at Hollins University,
Caren Diefenderfer and Michael Gettings
Lunch
2:00–3:30 Session III: Danny Kaplan and Steve
Holland
4:00–5:00 Session IV: Assessment, Jack Bookman
Dinner
7:00–9:00 Informal Evening Session with dessert in the Olin-Rice
Smail Gallery
Thursday, June 16, morning sessions in the
Board Room, afternoon sessions in the Computer Lab, 258 Oilin-Rice:
8:45–10:15
Session I: Carla Howery
10:30–12:00 Session II: Bernie Madison
Lunch
1:45–3:15 Session III:
Using SSDAN, CENSUSSCOPE, and KIDSCOUNT in the Classroom,
Kathy Rowell
3:30–4:30 Session IV: Assessment,
Jack Bookman
5:00–9:00 Dinner Cruise on the St. Croix River
Friday, June 17, morning sessions in the
Computer Lab, afternoon session in the Board Room:
9:00–10:30 Session I: Teaching
About Data Structures and Relationships using the General Social
Surveys, Stephen Sweet
11:00–12:00 Session II: The Electronic Bookshelf,
Kim Rheinlander and Dorothy Wallace
Lunch
2:00–3:30 Session III:
Developing a QL Program - how does your garden grow?
Judy Moran
4:00–5:00 Session IV: Assessment, Jack Bookman
Dinner
7:00–9:00 work time for preparation of final reports
Saturday, June 18: Board Room
9:00–11:00 Wrap-up Session
NNN Meeting begins at 1:30 pm on
Saturday and concludes at 12:30 pm on Sunday (followed by NNN Board
Meeting at 2:00 pm)
Accomodations
Workshop participants will stay in the recently
renovated, air conditioned dormitory 30
Mac. The dormitory consists of double rooms with two doubles
sharing a bathrooom. Participants will each be given their own double.
Except for Tuesday and Thursday evenings, all meals will be taken
in the College
Campus Center.
Location
Campus
map
Directions
to Macalester
Twin Cities
information
Visual
tour
Funding
This workshop is sponsored in part by MAA PREP, by the Fund for
the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department
of Education, under Grant No. P116B020918, and by the National Science
Foundation DUE-CCLI under Grant No. 0229967. Any opinions, findings,
and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are
those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views
of the US Department of Education or the National Science Foundation.
Downloads of Talks
- Jack Bookman, Lessons Learned about Assessing
Quantiative Literacy, Click
Here for PowerPoint presentation.
- Caren Diefenderfer and Michael Gettings,
Quantitative Reasoning in the Arts and Humanities at Hollins University,
Click Here
for PowerPoint presentation.
- Bernie Madison, News Math: An Experimental
Course, Click Here
for PowerPoint presentation. Click
Here for Word document of course description.
- Judy Moran, Developing a QL Program: How
Does Your Garden Grow? Click
Here for PowerPoint presentation.
- Milo Schield, Quantiative Lieteracy: Core
Concepts. Click Here
for pdf file of PowerPoint presentation.
- Stpehen Sweet, Teaching data structures
and relationships using general social surveys, Click
Here for PowerPoint presentation.
- Len Vacher and Beth Fratesi, Developing
the QL Habit of Mind in Multiple Contexts: Geoscience Education
Modules, Click Here for PowerPoint
presentation.
Photos from Workshop
   
   
 
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