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Research Report
September 27, 2022
Fostering Data Literacy
Teaching with Quantitative Data in the Social Sciences
Dylan Ruediger, Danielle Miriam Cooper, Angela Bardeen, Liesl Baum, Shmuel Ben-Gad, Shaun Bennett, Kathleen Berger, Laura Bonella, Ryan Brazell, Symphony Bruce, Louise Buckley, Trevor Burrows, Scout Calvert, Patricia Condon, Renata Curty, Hilary Davis, Eleta Exline, Julia Feerrar, Emily Finch, Elizabeth Foster, Melanie Gainey, Nikhat Ghouse, Joseph Goetz, Becca Greer, Kelly Grogg, Hannah Gunderman, Samantha Guss, Michele Hayslett, Yan He, Ann James, Erin Jerome, Barb Kern, Jessica Kleekamp, Jesse Klein, Stefan Kramer, Andrew Lee, Cynthia Levine, Ken Liss, Andrew Lundeen, Kimberly MacVaugh, Wendy Mann, Clarence Maybee, Steve McGinty, Bethany McGowan, Kayla McNabb, Samantha Minnis, Jennifer Moore, Shawn Nicholson, Kayla Olson, Christie Peters, Jeff Phillips, Julie Piacentine, Nathaniel Porter, Megan Potterbusch, Mallary Rawls, Miaomiao Rimmer, Gayle Schaub, Eric Schuler, Dorris Scott, Gang Shao, Emma Slayton, Kendra Spahr, Lisa Spiro, Jasmine Spitler, Ryan Splenda, Amanda Thomas, Amanda Tickner, Emily Treptow, Jane Yatcilla
“Fostering Data Literacy: Teaching with Quantitative Data in the Social Sciences” explores why and how instructors teach with data, identifies the most important challenges they face, and describes how faculty and students utilize relevant campus and external resources. Full details and actionable recommendations for stakeholders are offered in the body of the report, which offers guidance to university libraries and other campus units, faculty, vendors, and others interested in improving institutional capacities to support data-intensive instruction in the social sciences.
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Research Report
June 7, 2017
Supporting the Changing Research Practices of Agriculture Scholars
Danielle Miriam Cooper, Sarah Bankston, Marianne Stowell Bracke, Beth Callahan, Hui-Fen Chang, Leslie M. Delserone, Florian Diekmann, Andrea L. Dinkelman, Diana Farmer, Shannon L. Farrell, Sharon Giovenale, Charlotte Glennie, Scott Hanscom, Inga Haugen, Liz Holdsworth, Marei Houpert, Claudine Arnold Jenda, Erin Kerby, Megan Kocher, Adam Kriesberg, Emily Marsh, Alesia McManus, Nan McMurry, Sarah Milligan, Carolyn Mills, Valrie Davis Minson, Jim Morris-Knower, Mary Ochs, Livia Olsen, Necia Parker-Gibson, Cynthia Parr, Hannah Gascho Rempel, M. Brooke Robertshaw, Ashley Shea, Megan Sheffield, Laura I. Spears, Suzanne Cady Stapleton, Sarah C. Williams, Jane Yatcilla, Sarah Young
For America’s land-grant universities, agriculture is a field of bedrock historical importance and vital current relevance. While it is sometimes perceived by the general public as a field to help small farmers modernize, today it also includes advanced genetic research, economic and policy issues around food security, and deep engagement with climate change. As a rich interdisciplinary field at the heart of so many research universities, the practices and needs of agriculture are of interest to many. For that reason,…
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