“As our society is driven increasingly by science and technology, the need to establish levels of quantitative literacy becomes ever more important.”

Rita Colwell, Director, National Science Foundation

Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum

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Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum

This National Science Foundation funded project (0442629) invites faculty from community colleges and research universities to develop and pilot spreadsheet modules to enhance students' quantitative literacy skills.

The impetus for this project was based on faculty response to the modules for geological-mathematical problem solving developed by Len Vacher, a geologist from the University of South Florida.

Since 2005, faculty have met at an annual residential summer institute to design modules.

Project Description

link Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum at the Science Education Resource Center (SERC)
The SERC site publishes Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum modules created by faculty from a variety of disciplines. These PowerPoint presentations help students build Excel spreadsheets to examine and solve math problems in non-mathematical contexts.

link Request for Instructor Versions
Use this form to request access to the instructor versions of the modules. These versions include all the answers for the assignments filled in.

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