1. Freshman Composition I and II Presenter: Gail Pizzola Incorporating Quantitative Literacy into WRC 1013/1023

2. Statistics—Fall 2015 WRC 1013—99 sections WRC 1023—46 sections Formats face-to-face--132 online--5 hybrid—7 dual credit—1 Class size—25 students Instructors—44

3. Student Learning Outcomes Reading a chart/graph Creating a chart/graph Writing about data  Stand alone paper  Part of larger paper

4. Tools Textbooks BB instructor page  Assignments (1013), template (1023)  Checklists  Due dates Workshops Student handouts Managing instructors: Coordinator

5. Sample Assignment—WRC 1013 Banned words: Introduction  Lake Superior State U  Hans Rosling—“200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes”  Kidd Craddick—”Amazing”  Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon—”Hashtag”

6. Process  Students collected data (explore)  Students counted word frequencies to determine top 10 words  Students converted raw data to percentages (analyze)  Students created tables, bar graphs, pie charts (visualize)  Students briefly summarized what one graphic communicated (translate)  Students  Wrote a report of their findings, including visuals (express)  Incorporated the information and graphs into an essay (express)