2007 Meeting of the

NORTHEAST CONSORTIUM FOR QUANTITATIVE LITERACY

Saturday, April 28, 2007

 
       
 

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NECQL XI
Taylor Hall, Room 203

9:00 Arrival and breakfast
9:45 Welcome and introductions
10:00 Bill Briggs
University of Colorado, Denver
Teaching a Quantitative Literacy Course
11:00 Discussion: Teaching QL
11:30 Barbara Darling-Smith & H. W. Straley
Wheaton College
The Unholy Alliance: Integrating Math and Religion
12:00 Lunch
1:30

Growing QL in Your Back Yard

3:00 Coffee break
3:15 Discussion: Growing QL—Planning, Planting, Fertilizer, Pest Control, and Enjoying the Harvest
3:45

Corri Taylor
Wellesley College
Numeracy, the National Numeracy Network's new on-line, open-access journal

4:00 Brief business meeting

This meeting is generously supported by the Dean of the Faculty and Dean of the College of Vassar College.