Katherine B. Follette|Donald W. McCarthy|Erin Dokter|S. Buxner|E. E. Prather
The Quantitative Reasoning for College Science (QuaRCS) Assessment, 1: Development and Validation
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology|Grossmont College|Arizona Christian University|University of South Florida|Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology|Grossmont College|Arizona Christian University|University of South Florida
science inherently quantitative endeavor general education science courses taken majority college studentsas powerful venue advancing students skills attitudes toward mathematicsthis article reports development validation quantitative reasoning college science quarcs assessment numeracy assessment instrument designed collegelevel general education science studentsit administered four thousand students eight semesters refinementwe show quarcs able distinguish varying levels quantitative literacy present performance statistics individual items instrument wholeresponses survey fortyeight astronomy mathematics educators show two groups share views regarding quantitative skills important contexts science literacy educated citizenship skills assessed quarcs drawn rankingsthe fullydeveloped quarcs assessment administered nearly two thousand students nineteen general education science courses one stem major course early 2015 results reveal instrument valid populations