A Workshop for Enhancing Quantitative Instruction onAmerican

加强美国量化教学的研讨会 社会（QIAS）将汇集40名社会科学家 本科阶段的教学。 这些讲习班将 需要在两年中每年举行两次连续的届会。 在6月为期五天的研讨会上，与会者将 使用微型计算机积极进行数据探索 软件和大型数据库做练习， 培养科学思维、分析能力和探究能力- 社会科学的教学方法。 参与者使用他们自己的数据沿着来自 社会普查和全国选举研究， 为自己的课程开发材料。本次研讨会之后 教师参与者将返回他们的家乡校园， 尝试改变课程， 指导。 明年1月，他们将在一个 为期三天的后续讲习班并展示其材料 为他们的工作室同事。 在整个项目中，将鼓励建立网络， 通过时事通讯共享的教学应用程序。

Workshops to enhance Quantitative Instruction on American Society (QIAS) will bring together 40 social scientists teaching at the undergraduate level. The workshops will involve two sequential sessions in each of two years. During the initial five-day June workshop participants will use microcomputers to work actively with data exploration software and large scale data bases doing exercises which foster scientific thinking, analytic skills and an inquiry- based approach to social science teaching and learning. Participants use their own data along with data from the General Social Survey and the National Election Study to develop material for their own courses. Following this workshop faculty participants will return to their home campuses and experiment with altering curriculum to include quantitative instruction. The following January they will reassemble at a three-day follow-up workshop and demonstrate their materials for their workshop colleagues. Throughout the program networking will be encouraged and instructional applications shared through a newsletter.