Contributed Presentations and Performances

Saturday, May 2nd NNN Annual Meeting Contributed Presentations and Performances

Session 1: Financial Decisions

11:30-11:50 Andrew Miller (Belmont University) "A Problem-Based, Service-Learning Approach to Financial Literacy"

11:50-12:10 Cinnamon Hillyard, Pete Nye, Sandeep Krishnamurthy (UW-Bothell) "Risky Financial Behavior: The Influence of Quantitative Illiteracy & Material Values"

Session 2: Stories and Games

1:30-2:00 Suzie Garfield (Tales of Modern Life): Performance/Demonstration "Stories That Count: A New Approach to Math and Logic"

2:00-2:20 Neil Lutsky (Carleton College) "Say It with Numbers: The Persuasive Powers of Quantitative Reasoning"

2:20-2:40 Aaron Montgomery (Central Washington University) "Right Strategy, Wrong Game: The Iran Hostage Crisis and the Cold War"

2:40-3:00 Peter Littig (UW-Bothell) "Playing Games in the Classroom: QR Lessons from Nash, Newcomb, and Schelling"

Session 3: Maps, Medicine, and More

3:10-3:20 Eric Gaze (Alfred University): Book Review “Supercrunchers by Ian Ayers"

3:20-3:40 Robert Turner (UW-Bothell) "The Counties of Your State Climate Change Comparison Mapping Project"

3:40-4:00 Maura Mast (UMass-Boston) "Solving Real Problems Using Complicated, Confusing, Contradictory, Messy, Difficult Information"

4:00-4:20 Stuart Boersma (Central Washington University) "Medical Screening: Cases of False Positives and Referral Bias"

4:20-4:40 Milo Schield (Augsburg College) "Speculative Statistics and Public Policy"

4:40-5:00 Corri Taylor (Wellesley College), Moderator Close of Conference -- Summary Comments and Reflections