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Enhancing Quantitative Literacy: Interactive Classroom Activities

Participate in hands-on activities to build quantitative skills. Use CO2 exercise & more examples. Develop your own activity and get feedback. Evaluate student mastery through assessments.

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Enhancing Quantitative Literacy: Interactive Classroom Activities

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  1. Classroom Activities that Help Build Quantitative Literacy SkillsRandy Richardson University of ArizonaSession 2: 1:30-2:20pm 13 June 2011Please take the Math Pre-Test in your Notebook (page ____).

  2. CO2 Exercise …You will work in pairs on this activity to plot monthly Mauna Loa CO2 data from 2003 to 2009. Please turn to the copy of the exercise in your Notebook (page ___). This assignment is available electronically at: http://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/interactive/examples/co2.html

  3. Briefly, other examples:Geologic Time LineSignificant FiguresYour examples …

  4. Creating your own activityPlease think about a quantitative literacy skill you want your students to have.Think of, and write down, the basics of an activity/exercise where students would have the opportunity to practice this skill.

  5. Creating your own activity, con’tShare your exercise with the person next to you, and get feedback.

  6. Concluding Thoughts …Identify the quantitative literacy skills you want your students to have.Give the students opportunity to practice this skill.How will you know (assess) that students have mastered the skill? You are not alone! See: http://serc.carleton.edu/quantskills/index.html

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