PPT-LSP 120: Quantitative Reasoning and Technological Literacy

Section 202 Özlem Elgün Making and Interpreting Graphs  There are 3 types of graphs we use in Quantitative Reasoning class Pie Charts Bar charts  XY graphs or line graphs  . MA 103. Gerald Kruse and David Drews. Juniata College. Huntingdon, PA. kruse@juniata.edu. drews@juniata.edu. Outline of Status Report/Mentoring Session. History. Experimental Design. Data. Tentative. - Charles Sanders Peirce. Using Models of Reasoning. A Return to Logos. Reasoning from Specific Instances. Progressing from a number of particular facts to a general conclusion. .. This is also known as inductive reasoning.. Rebecca Wulf. Ivy Tech Lafayette. rwulf@ivytech.edu. . Ben Markham. Ivy Tech Bloomington. bmarkham@ivytech.edu. . Sharon Koch. Ivy Tech Gary. s. koch12@ivytech.edu. . Ivy Tech Community College. 30 . Administrator's Guide v2.10 May 24, 2015 2 • • • 3 1 2 4 • • 5 6 f • • • 7 8 9 • • 10 11 120 12 120 13 120 14 120 This is timeou Q(t)=Cet=60+120\r:WehaveQ(0)=0,so0=C+120\r;C=120\r:ThusQ(t)=120\r[1et=60]:Thelimitingamountis120\r.#12a)LetQ0=rQwithr0.ThegeneralsolutionisQ(t)=Q0ert:Ifthehalflifeis5730years,thenQ0=2=Q0exp(573 Section . 202. Özlem. . Elgün. Loans and Credit . Cards. What kind of loans do you have?. Car loan. Student Loan. Mortgage. Second Mortgage. Credit Card. Loan Types. Fixed rate, fixed duration. Adjustable . The Paradox. Illiteracy carries social shame. Innumeracy (“being bad at math”) is acceptable. Increasingly quantitative, data-driven world. The Project. 2014 Collaboration with Complete College America and . Fibonacci: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9cX_14rf4g. Math Across the Curriculum. Rob Kimball. Or. If we are not going to use it outside of math class, why do we. have to learn it?. Or. We downloaded some data to a spreadsheet, calculated some statistics, and used those statistics to support oral arguments….. Section 118. Özlem. . Elgün. Solving for the rate (percent change). Solving for the initial value (a.k.a. old value, reference value) . Solving for time (using logarithms). Review. from previous class:. Renee Smith, Community Programs Monitor EAP. Monitoring of IHCDA. Section 2608(b)(1) of the LIHEAP statute provides that: . The Secretary shall conduct in several States in each fiscal year investigations of the use of funds received by the States under this title in order to evaluate compliance with the provisions of this title. . Section . 202. Özlem. . Elgün. Inflation. On class website , under topic 7, click on . Detailed CPI tutorial. . Scroll down to An introduction to Inflation . Inflation is a decline in the value of money in relation to the goods that it can buy and is a pervasive economic phenomenon. It is so pervasive that it is very difficult to compare this year’s prices to last year’s, much less compare prices over decades. Here is a graph of the buying power of $1.00 since 1938: . Section 118. Özlem. . Elgün. Loans and Credit . Cards. What kind of loans do you have?. Car loan. Student Loan. Mortgage. Second Mortgage. Credit Card. Loan Types. Fixed rate, fixed duration. Balloon loans . - Charles Sanders Peirce. On the Radar. Researching the Persuasive Speech Assignment. Due Wednesday on . WebCT. (by 11:59 p.m.). Exam Two. This Friday in Lecture. Study Guide on Course Website. Workshops for the Persuasive Speech. Presented by Dr. John Willems. Sponsored . by the Committee for the Assessment of Student . Learning (CASL). How does EIU measure up?. CLA+ RESULTS – Quantitative Reasoning: In AY 2018, CASL administered the CLA+ exam to 84 freshmen and 89 senior students. The mean score in quantitative reasoning for EIU freshmen was 67 points lower than the National Average for freshmen while the mean scores for EIU seniors was 27 points lower than the National Average for seniors Although there is a much larger gain of 87 made by EIU seniors than the National Average gain of 47, EIU seniors still graduate with significantly less skill in this area than the national average. .