Numeracy and Assessing Numeracy
Bio:
Eric Gaze has a PhD in mathematics. He directs the Quantitative Reasoning (QR) program at Bowdoin College, is the Chair of the Baldwin Center for Learning and Teaching, and a Senior Lecturer in the Mathematics Department. He is the past President of the National (U.S.) Numeracy Network. Eric wrote a QR textbook "Thinking Quantitatively: Communicating with Numbers," and maintains the blog https://thinkingquantitatively.wordpress.com/. He has given talks and led workshops on the topics of QR across the curriculum; creating a QR entry point course, Writing with Numbers; QR assessment; and running a QR program. Prior to coming to Bowdoin, Eric led the development of a Masters in Numeracy program for K-12 teachers at Alfred University as an Associate Professor of Mathematics and Education.