Quantitative Reasoning (QR) combines critical thinking with mathematical competence to examine vast amounts of data within a real-world context (Elrod, 2014). Numerous clarion calls to …

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Quantitative Reasoning (QR) combines critical thinking with mathematical competence to examine vast amounts of data within a real-world context (Elrod, 2014). Numerous clarion calls to …


In April 2017 CLT, in collaboration with the Center for Transforming Undergraduate Education at the University of Delaware, ran AUC’s first Problem-based Learning (PBL) Institute. …

Problem-based learning (PBL)—as well as other inquiry-based pedagogies—enhances student learning by engaging students in the learning process. Students engaging in PBL solve problems, think analytically, …

Typically, students in liberal arts universities receive their formal education in two discrete parts – their courses of major, which prepare them for their chosen …

This article was originally published at the Chronicle of Higher Education Prof Hacker blog under aCreative Commons License at http://www.chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/tips-for-inclusiveteaching/62747 It is re-published with permission …