Three interrelated quantitative literacy events hosted by Colby-Sawyer College in 2008 brought educators and business representatives together to explore the current research and practices related to issues around students’ QL skills. Recognizing an urgent national need for strengthening college students’ ability to understand and use quantitative information effectively in every aspect of their lives, the events provided opportunities for educators to share their knowledge, expertise, and resources.
National Numeracy Network, 4th Annual Meeting, May 15
The NNN is a broad-based organization largely rooted in higher education that promotes quantitative literacy for all citizens: NNN 2008 Annual Meeting Web Site.
Quantitative Inquiry, Reasoning, and Knowledge (QUirk) Workshop on Writing with Numbers, May 15-16
The workshop began with a keynote address entitled “Storyboarding with Data: Using Quantitative Reading to Teach Research Writing” delivered by Mya Poe of MIT: Storyboarding With Data Activity.
The second day of the workshop was designed to generate materials for the Quantitative Inquiry, Reasoning, and Knowledge (Quirk) Web site. The site provides examples of assignments that involve students in writing with numbers.
12th Annual Meeting of the North East Consortium
on Quantitative Literacy (NECQL), May 17
The NECQL conference brought together 51 faculty from New England and beyond interested in teaching quantitative literacy.
| 2008 NECQL Program & Presentations |
|---|
| Colby-Sawyer College Quantitative Literacy Project 2007 Lynn Garrioch, Colby-Sawyer College Joe Carroll, Colby-Sawyer College |
| Calculations and Context Caren Diefenderfer, Hollins University Bernie Madison, University of Arkansas Stuart Boersma, Central Washington University |
| Contemporary College Algebra - A Basis for Quantitative Literacy Don Small Professor of Mathematics Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| Mathematics of, for, and as Social Justice Priscilla Bremser Professor of Mathematics Middlebury College, VT |
| The Published Numeracy Network H.L. Vacher Professor of Geology Todd Chavez Director of Collection Analysis & Technical Services University of South Florida, Tampa, FL |
| Making Time for it All: Integrating Writing, Speaking, and Quantitative Reasoning in Disciplinary Courses Mya Poe Director, Technical Communication Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA |
| Illuminating Arguments with the Power of Numbers Neil Lutsky Kenan Professor of Psychology and Director, Carleton Quantitative Inquiry, Reasoning, and Knowledge (Quirk) Initiative Carleton College, Northfield, MN |
| 2008 NECQL Participants | |
|---|---|
| Alexander Nunes | EMC Corporation |
| Andrew Cahoon | Colby-Sawyer College |
| Ann Robertson | Connecticut College |
| Bernard Madison | University of Arkansas |
| Bill Thomas | Colby-Sawyer College |
| Bob Madden | Keene State College |
| Brian Beaudrie | Plymouth State University |
| Caren Baldwin-Dimeo | Colby-Sawyer College |
| Caren Diefenderfer | Hollins University |
| Carol Overby | Parsons the New School for Design |
| Cat McCune | Smith College |
| Cathryn Manduca | Carleton College |
| Charlotte Gregory | Trinity College |
| Christine Downing | NH Department of Education |
| Corrine Taylor | Wellesley College |
| David Gray | New England College |
| Don Read | Bronx Community College |
| Don Small | US Military Academy, West Point, NY |
| Dorothy Wallace | Dartmouth College |
| Eric Gaze | Alfred University |
| Fred Gass | Miami University in Ohio |
| Glenn Sproul | Johnson State College |
| Grace Coulombe | Bates College |
| Heather Tompkins | Carleton College |
| Joanna Wolfe | University of Louisville |
| Joesph Carroll | Colby-Sawyer College |
| John A. Lutts | U Mass/Boston |
| Judith Moran | Trinity College |
| Kay Yeagley | Newport Middle High School |
| Len Vacher | Univ. of South Florida |
| Linda Kirsten | Bowdoin College |
| Lynn Garrioch | Colby-Sawyer College |
| Mary O'Neill | Hamilton College |
| Maryann Allen | Colby-Sawyer College |
| Matthew Isom | Arizona State University |
| Maura Mast | University of Massachusetts-Boston |
| Melissa Mena | Colby-Sawyer College |
| Michael Schuckers | St. Lawrence University |
| Mya Poe | MIT |
| Nathan Grawe | Carleton College |
| Neil Lutsky | Carleton College |
| Nick Baer | Colby-Sawyer College |
| Paola Giacche | Ufficio del Directtore, Italy |
| Paula Lackie | Carleton College ITS |
| Pete Johnson | Eastern Connecticut State University |
| Phyllis Read | Bronx Community College |
| Priscilla Bremser | Middlebury College |
| Reed Fisher | Johnson State College |
| Semra Kilic-Bahi | Colby-Sawyer College |
| Shari Goldberg | Colby-Sawyer College |
| Shirley MacKenzie | Bunker Hill Community College |
| Stuart Boersma | Central Washington University |
| Tedd Ramseyer | New England College |
| Tim Morse | St. Lawrence University |
For a list of previous NECQL meetings please visit: www.trincoll.edu/depts/mcenter/NEConsortium.html.
The NECQL conference was sponsored in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation, Quantitative Literacy Across the Curriculum in a Liberal Arts Setting.
