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The Key Components of a Numeracy Infusion Course for Higher Education (NICHE): Using Best Practices to Train Faculty
Esther Wilder
Lehman College, CUNY
Elin Waring
Lehman College
Frank Wang
LaGuardia Community College
Dene Hurley
Lehman College
Faculty at the City University of New York (CUNY) have developed a Numeracy Infusion Course for Higher Education (NICHE) that teaches best practices for effective Quantitative Reasoning (QR) instruction to faculty in a wide range of disciplines. NICHE is a predominantly online course that consists of 8 separate units: (1) QR and Making Numbers Meaningful; (2) QR Learning Outcomes; (3) The Brain, Cognition and QR; (4) QR and Writing; (5) Discovery Methods; (6) Representations of Data; (7) QR Assessment; and (8) QR Stereotypes and Culture. This paper describes the key components of NICHE and shows how the same strategies recognized as effective methods for teaching QR can be employed in training faculty as QR instructors. Course activities, interactive discussions, and faculty-developed instructional materials are also presented.