Beyond math skills: Measuring quantitative reasoning in context

✍ Scribed by Nathan D. Grawe

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2011
• Weight: 68 KB
• Volume: 2011
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0271-0579
• DOI: 10.1002/ir.379

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

This chapter describes recent attempts to measure context‐rich application of quantitative reasoning. Initial evidence suggests that teaching to explicitly stated learning goals—whether in the context of a limited cluster of courses or in offerings across the curriculum—can shape student aptitude.