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LOCATION:John Howard 102
SUMMARY:The Numbers Game
DESCRIPTION:Whether you are Q-savvy or Q-wary this talk is designed to im
prove your ability to distinguish between meaningful and misleading numbe
rs. Learn how to apply a few key strategies to deal with the quantitative
information that increasingly appears in your scholarship\, and everyday
life. Based on the award winning book\, The Numbers Game\, we will look
at variety of examples that illustrate the importance of the following qu
estions:What makes a number big? What is being counted? What does r
andomness look like? What does an average reveal and conceal? "Nu
mbers saturate the news\, politics\, and life. For good or ill\, they are
today's pre-eminent public language-and those who speak it rule."Eric Ga
ze directs the Quantitative Reasoning (QR) program at Bowdoin College\, h
e is a past chair of SIGMAA-QL (2010-12)\, Vice President and board membe
r of the National Numeracy Network. He writes a column\, Ratiocination\,
for the NNN website. Eric has given talks and led workshops on the topics
of QR Across the Curriculum\, Creating a QR Entry Point Course\, Writing
with Numbers\, QR Assessment\, and Running a QR Program\; and served on
review teams of QR programs. Eric is the Principal Investigator for a NSF
TUES Type I grant (2012-13)\, Quantitative Literacy and Reasoning Assess
ment (QLRA) DUE 1140562. Prior to coming to Bowdoin\, Eric led the develo
pment of a Masters in Numeracy program for K-12 teachers at Alfred Univer
sity as an Associate Professor of Mathematics and Education. He has given
talks and led workshops on developing such an MS program and Infusing Nu
meracy Across the K-12 Curriculum.
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Whether
you are Q-savvy or Q-wary this talk is designed to improve your ability
to distinguish between meaningful and misleading numbers. Learn how to ap
ply a few key strategies to deal with the quantitative information that i
ncreasingly appears in your scholarship\, and everyday life. Based on the
award winning book\, The Numbers Game\, we will look at variety of examp
les that illustrate the importance of the following questions:
- What makes a number big?
- What is being counted?
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- What does randomness look like?
- What does an average r
eveal and conceal?
"Numbers saturate the news\,
politics\, and life. For good or ill\, they are today's pre-eminent publ
ic language-and those who speak it rule."
Eric Gaze directs the Quantitative Reasoning (QR)
program at Bowdoin College\, he is a past chair of SIGMAA-QL (2010-12)\,
Vice President and board member of the National Numeracy Network. He wri
tes a column\, Ratiocination\, for the NNN website. Eric has given talks
and led workshops on the topics of QR Across the Curriculum\, Creating a
QR Entry Point Course\, Writing with Numbers\, QR Assessment\, and Runnin
g a QR Program\; and served on review teams of QR programs. Eric is the P
rincipal Investigator for a NSF TUES Type I grant (2012-13)\, Quantitativ
e Literacy and Reasoning Assessment (QLRA) DUE 1140562. Prior to coming t
o Bowdoin\, Eric led the development of a Masters in Numeracy program for
K-12 teachers at Alfred University as an Associate Professor of Mathemat
ics and Education. He has given talks and led workshops on developing suc
h an MS program and Infusing Numeracy Across the K-12 Curriculum.
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\n Whether you are Q-savvy or Q-wary this talk
is designed to improve your ability to distinguish between meaningful and
misleading numbers. Learn how to apply a few key strategies to deal with
the quantitative information that increasingly appears in your scholarsh
ip\, and everyday life.\n
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