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Quantitative Literacy from a Service Division Perspective

Quantitative Literacy from a Service Division Perspective. Gary Franchy gary.franchy@davenport.edu. Davenport University. Private, non-profit university in Grand Rapids, Michigan, that prepares students for in-demand careers in business, technology and health professions.

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Quantitative Literacy from a Service Division Perspective

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  1. Quantitative Literacy from a Service Division Perspective Gary Franchy gary.franchy@davenport.edu

  2. Davenport University • Private, non-profit university in Grand Rapids, Michigan, that prepares students for in-demand careers in business, technology and health professions. • Specializes in undergraduate and graduate programs that prepare individuals for careers in business, technology and health professions. • Provides business education on location, at off-campus sites, and through online programs. • Offers educational programs and services designed to serve recent high-school graduates, adults, organizations and international students.

  3. Background • History – Evolved from “Career Schools” • New curriculum in 2003 (2 years of development) • 2005 opened new main campus with residence halls • Retain “Practical, real world” focus

  4. General Education • Service division – “Support the programs!” • Several “Across the Curriculum” initiatives • Common core of Gen-Ed classes that account for the vast majority of sections running • Approach: Use to the context of the programs to motivate/support the content of our courses

  5. How do partnerships arise? • Culture • Assessment • Accreditation • Frustration / Desperation

  6. Examples – Accounting/Finance • 2003 – Frustration / Desperation • Students struggle with Rates/Ratios in Intro Accounting Course • Students in Corporate Finance have “never seen” simple & compound interest formulas • Disconnect in Language • Math Texts: Principal/Amount • Finance Texts: Present Value/Future Value

  7. Examples - Nursing • 2004 - Assessment/Accreditation • Eliminate 1 Cr Math for Health Care Providers • “Dosage & Solution” Across the Curriculum • Integrate into developmental math courses, College Mathematics course, and nursing courses. • Unify approach to dosage & solution problems

  8. Examples – Social Science • 200? – Culture • Began as “guest lectures” in our introductory social science courses (Diversity, Sociology, Psychology) • In 2007, collaboration with a Stroop test in an Introduction to Psychology course

  9. Implementation • Develop handouts with/for faculty • Use “program” course texts for formulas and examples • Self-contained so faculty need not be a content expert in every field • Recommendation to Instructors (RTI) • Discuss the “flavor” of the course • Discuss motivation for material/approach

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