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Workshop Agenda

Quantitative Literacy: Everybody's Orphan
PKAL 2002 Summer Institute - Cluster I
May 29 - June 1, 2002

Workshop Agenda

Wednesday, May 29, 2002
3:00 - 3:30 p.m. Opening Plenary
3:30 - 4:00 p.m. Keynote Presentation
Bruce Alberts, President, National Academy of Science
4:15 - 5:00 p.m. At-the-Table Discussions
Assignment to produce a poster for the following session
5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Reception & Poster Session
Mingle and review and discuss posters created in the previous session.
7:30 - 7:45 p.m. Quantitative Literacy: Introductions
Susan L. Ganter, Clemson University
7:45 - 8:45 p.m. An Interdisciplinary Approach to Quantitative Literacy in a Liberal Arts Curriculum
Caren L. Diefenderfer, Hollins University
9:00 - 9:45 p.m. Issues Series
Facilitators for each of the Issues Series introduces the intent and agenda of their particular series.
Thursday, May 30, 2002
7:00 - 8:00 a.m. Leadership Initiatives
Judith A. Dilts, William Jewell College
Sylvia Nadler, William Jewell College
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast Talks
Reports from the previous day's posters, workshops and Issues Series
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Plenary Session
10:15 - 12:15 a.m. Discussion of pre-workshop reading Mathematics and Democracy
  Implementing Quantitative Literacy at a Comprehensive State University: Successes and Obstacles
Jerry Johnson, University of Nevada-Reno
12:30 - 1:45 p.m. Issues Lunch
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Quantitative Literacy & Math Reform: What's the Connection?
Gillies Malnarich, Evergreen State University
3:30 - 4:00 p.m. Break
4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Quantitative Literacy and its Relationship to General Education
George T. Rublein, College of William and Mary
  Quantitative Literacy: Making the Web Work for You
Richard Bennett, National Council on Education and the Disciplines
5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Dinner (on your own)
7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Free Time
Time meant to meet with consultants, as institutional teams, or for private reflection.
Friday, May 31, 2002
7:00 - 8:00 a.m. Leadership Initiatives
Judith A. Dilts, William Jewell College
Sylvia Nadler, William Jewell College
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast Talks
Reports from the previous day's posters, workshops and Issues Series
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Plenary Session
10:15 a.m. - 10:45 p.m. Continuing Discussion of Mathematics and Democracy
10:45 a.m. - 11:40 p.m. Geological Numeracy
H. Leonard Vacher, University of South Florida
11:40 - 12:30 p.m. Dissemination of Quantitative Literacy and Creating a Quantitative Literacy Resource Library
Kim Rheinlander, Dartmouth College
Dorothy Wallace, Dartmouth College
12:30 - 1:45 p.m. Issues Lunch
2:00 - 7:00 p.m. Free Time - Field Trips - Dinner (on your own)
Time meant to meet with consultants, as institutional teams, for private reflection, or for field trips.
7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Assessing QL: Why Is It Difficult and What Is Known?
Bernard C. Madison, University of Arkansas
8:30 - 9:30 p.m. Free Time
Time meant to meet with consultants, as institutional teams, or for private reflection.
Saturday, June 1, 2002
7:00 - 8:00 a.m. Leadership Initiatives
Judith A. Dilts, William Jewell College
Sylvia Nadler, William Jewell College
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast Talks
Reports from the previous day's posters, workshops and Issues Series
9:00 - 10:15 a.m. Reporting Out
Final session of the workshops.
10:15 - 10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Closing Plenary


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