A Framework for Strengthening The Quantitative Skills/Reasoning Support Ecosystem at Small Liberal Arts Colleges
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: We developed a framework for characterizing an institution’s quantitative skills/reasoning support ecosystem to consider how various activities contribute to student success in areas connected to students’ quantitative preparation. Through discussions with faculty and staff stakeholders at eight selective small liberal arts colleges, we established that the quantitative skills/reasoning support ecosystem at these institutions consists of four domains: bridge programs with a quantitative component, assessment of readiness, curricular on-ramps, and supplementary support for courses that require quantitative skills/reasoning. The framework includes questions about each domain that can be used by stakeholders in different institutional positions to reflect on existing efforts to support student success in quantitative disciplines and identify opportunities to align or change their institutional quantitative skills/quantitative reasoning support systems to better meet student needs.
Source: Numeracy
Authors: Laura J. Muller, Melissa Eblen-Zayas
Institutions: Jackson Laboratory, Carleton College
Language: English
Subfield: Modeling and Simulation
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W6948290208
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