Integrating Quantitative Reasoning into the Freshman Inquiry Curricula

by Phil Jenks, M. Paul Latiolais and Joyce O'Halloran

You don't have to be a rocket scientist ( or even math/science faculty) to use this resource. Make it fun with games ( e.g. See Deductive Reasoning below)

I. Making Student Outcomes for your Theme

What quantitative reasoning skills will your students need so as to understand and participate effectively in your theme?

Sample quantitative reasoning outcomes

Using quantitative reasoning outcomes in your class

II. Ideas for Integrating Quantitative Reasoning Activities and Reflection

Ideas to help create activities

Simple Examples

IV. Sample Activities

Ways of Knowing

Basic Skills

Appropriate and inappropriate uses of graphs

Unit conversions

Using Statistics

Data Analysis

Statistics in the media

More Data Analysis

Finding the trends

III. Resources

10 Key Statistical Terms

Books

Data Sources and Links

V. Assessing quantitative reasoning

Some have the activities above have specific assessment suggestions. Use assessment tasks and learning outcomes described in these activities as models for developing your own. Also every time an assigned reading contains numbers or graphs ask students to discuss (verbally or in writing) ramifications, consequences, missing info, and reliability of the numbers and/or graphs.