Teaching Quantitative Reasoning through Civic Issues
conference
November 6 - November 7, 2009
Metropolitan State University in Saint Paul, MN will be host to the Midwest SENCER (Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities) Center of Innovation Fall Symposium on Teaching Quantitative Reasoning through Civic Issues.

The events on Nov. 6th will begin with an evening keynote address by Professor Deborah Hughes Hallett. Professor Hallet holds a joint appointment at the Harvard Kennedy School and the University of Arizona and is currently teaching a course at Harvard, Politics and Policies: What Can Statistics Tell Us?

On Saturday November 7th, the events will run from 8:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. beginning with a plenary address by Professor of Psychology Neil Lutsky from Carleton College in Northfield, MN. Professor Lutsky is the former director of the Quantitative Inquiry, Reasoning and Knowledge (QuIRK) Initiative. Following the plenary will be break-out sessions for contributed and invited papers and poster presentations.

Undergraduate students are encouraged to participate in the symposium. There are a limited number of registration waivers available for undergraduate students on a first come, first serve basis.


Information: www.sencer.net/Outreach/centers/midwest/index.cfm.
Metropolitan State University


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