QR Teaching Materials
Several pedagogical approaches which are especially important for teaching QR are:
- real world applications and active learning, including discovery methods
- pairing QR instruction with writing and critical reading
- using technology, including computers
- collaborative instruction and group work
- pedagogy that is sensitive to differences in students’ culture and learning styles
- scaffolding the learning process and providing rich feedback and opportunities for revision
Each of these approaches are described in more detail here.
The following resources provide additional information for faculty and staff who wish to improve their pedagogical approaches to teaching students quantitative skills.
- NICHE (Numeracy Infusion Course for Higher Education) / NICE (Numeracy Infusion for College Educators), A Project of the City University of New York (CUNY) Quantitative Reasoning Alliance
- Teaching Materials for Mathematical, QR and Statistical Skills
- Examples of QR Assessment Instruments
- Internet Exercises and Modules for Teaching Quantitative Reasoning Skills
- Assessing Quantitative Reasoning in Student Writing
- Numeracy: Advancing Education in Quantitative Literacy *peer-reviewed electronic journal of The National Numeracy Network (NNN)
- Inventory of Reference Materials on Numeracy, Quantitative Reasoning, and Statistical Literacy
- Mathematics Across the Community College Curriculum
- Textbooks for Teaching Quantitative Literacy
- QR Program at Lehman College
- QR Program at Wellesley College
- QR Program at University of Texas at Austin
- Mathematical and Quantitative Reasoning Resources, Charles A. Dana Center at University of Texas, Austin
- The Quantitative Skills Center at Pomona College