Quantitative Reasoning in Lumen One can be customized for a variety of course designs including Math For Liberal and Quantitative Reasoning. The 20 modules cover a wide range of topics to accommodate a variety of course designs and gives you the flexibility to select and customize which topics best fit your institutional course goals and needs of your student population.

Students will engage with strategies to:

• Apply quantitative reasoning skills with relevant, real-world scenarios
• Relate mathematical thinking to career topics such as business, nursing, and finance 
• Discover interdisciplinary connections between the visual and literary arts and mathematical concepts
• Synthesize the importance of understanding mathematical critical thinking with politics, the arts, and business
• Discover active learning in mathematics with problem-solving and decision-making opportunities

The course utilizes interactive content and practice with immediate feedback to maximize student understanding and retention. Every learning outcome includes practice questions that will help engage students to test their understanding. The instructor resources package is robust and includes easy-to-use, engaging slides, and in-class activities, with suggested modifications based on the modality of the course.

Backed by Learning Design

Combining the best features across Lumen, Lumen One is designed with learning tools and processes that better support learning and give every student the chance to succeed. With support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Lumen One was developed to promote equitable outcomes in gateway courses. Lumen One’s unique features are specifically designed to boost participation, engagement, and overall learning to ensure success for all students.

Highlights of Lumen One:

• Tools to create and foster connection between faculty and students
• A Faculty Engagement center that provides faculty with easy-to-access actionable data to enable timely interventions when students need it the most
• Varied, relevant content designed to engage students
• Personalized study plans with immediate feedback to reinforce strong study skills
• Easy-to-use automated messaging tools to better support students
• Supported peer community to provide students with meaningful help from subject matter experts and peers
• Embedded resources to support faculty to use effective teaching practices and easily do their best work

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