WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
MONDAY, JUNE 15
QFR PEDAGOGY DAY I
1:30 PM Start
Science Center, room A254
Facilitated by Eric Gaze
Morning and afternoon
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What is Quantitative and Formal Reasoning?
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Why are QFR skills important in education?
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What are the QFR skills most important to students?
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Barriers to QFR
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Proportional reasoning
- Modeling with spreadsheets
TUESDAY, JUNE 16
QFR PEDAGOGY DAY II
Science Center, room A254
Facilitated by Eric Gaze
Morning and afternoon
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Diversity in learning styles and backgrounds for QFR learning
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Teaching and assessing QFR skills
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Assignment design
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Science of complexity and algorithmic thinking
Evening 7:00 PM
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Keynote: "How to teach modeling" by Tony Starfield
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17
NOVA DAY I
Science Center, room A254
Morning - 9:00 AM Start
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“What is the essence of modeling?” by Tony Starfield
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“Why modeling when you could just do statistics?” by Nancy Darling
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“Why Nova?” by Nancy Darling
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“Using modeling in your research” by Wayne Getz
Afternoon
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Nova for advanced users, led by Rich Salter
Evening
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Open labs (one-on-one help)
THURSDAY, JUNE 18
NOVA DAY II
Science Center, room A254
Morning and afternoon
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Breakout sessions on specific topics of interest – aided by Nick Sippl-Swezey, Rich Salter & Nancy Darling
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Individual project work
- Advanced topics – led by Rich Salter
Evening
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Open labs (one-on-one help)
FRIDAY, JUNE 19
NOVA DAY III
Science Center, room A254
Morning only
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Presentation on individual projects
Workshop ends at 12:00 PM