1. Introducing http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/ssac
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum
Len Vacher
USF-Tampa
SERC Pedagogic Service Roundup
Carleton College, 3/19/07
NSF DUE (7/05 – 6/08)

2. Context
“A WORLD AWASH IN NUMBERS!”
QL: A habit of mind in which one engages numbers in everyday context.
Math phobia
Math anxiety
Math avoidance QL

3. SSAC First Principles
Principle 1: Every course where the subject involves quantitative material (data, graphs) is an opportunity to teach QL skills in context.
Principle 2: Students develop QL skills when they work through (solve) QL problems that engage them.
Principle 3: Spreadsheets are great. “Most effective way you have found yet to make me do math.” (Every cell is another problem.)

4. A Module Title slide Preview Background Problem
Building Spreadsheets and Graphs to Solve the Problem
Conclusions
References
Assignment
Endnotes
PreTest
(Instructor
version)

6. Why did SSAC become SP/SSAC?
Because Cathy told me it would be a good idea.
Why am I happy she did? (“Successes”)
SP --
Provides a publishing medium.
Inspires the participants.
Impresses my graduate students.
Networks.
Problems? (“Challenges”)
Student / Instructor versions
Examples page
Peer-review process

7. The Instructor
Version Challenge

8. Washington Center site

9. The Examples
Page Challenge

11. SSAC CATALOG

12. A Shameless Plug ~