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Evaluating Student Proficiency In Quantitative Reasoning, Gabriel Chavez, Jennifer Clinkenbeard, Tolga Tezcan, Celine Pinet, Jennifer Duggan, George Beckham, Sumadhur Shakya, Christina Zhang Nov 2025

Evaluating Student Proficiency In Quantitative Reasoning, Gabriel Chavez, Jennifer Clinkenbeard, Tolga Tezcan, Celine Pinet, Jennifer Duggan, George Beckham, Sumadhur Shakya, Christina Zhang

Numeracy

Quantitative Reasoning (QR) competencies are increasingly vital for academic and professional success across disciplines. This study examines the QR proficiency of over 400 undergraduates through a mixed-methods approach, integrating survey-based self-assessments (n = 469) with direct evaluations of final exams (n = 80). This study took place at a public, primarily undergraduate, four-year state university in Northern California with approximate enrollment of 7,500 students. Although students reported frequent engagement in foundational QR tasks— such as calculation and interpretation—rubric-based scoring revealed inconsistent levels of mastery, particularly on higher-order skills like evaluation and coherence. Regression analyses linked confidence to calculation …


Does The National Benchmark Quantitative Literacy Test Predict Performance In Stem Programmes In Commerce, Engineering And Science?, Robert N. Prince Nov 2025

Does The National Benchmark Quantitative Literacy Test Predict Performance In Stem Programmes In Commerce, Engineering And Science?, Robert N. Prince

Numeracy

In South Africa, university completion rates remain low, with only 23% of students finishing within the regulation time (three or four years). These completion rates continue to reflect racial inequalities, with ‘White’ students significantly more likely to complete degrees in professional fields such as engineering and commerce compared to their ‘African’ counterparts. To address these challenges, the South African higher education institutions, through their umbrella body, introduced the National Benchmark (NB) tests to assess students’ academic literacy skills—including quantitative literacy, academic literacy, and mathematics—to identify those most at risk of struggling with the curriculum. The NB tests aim to evaluate …


Redistricting, Gerrymandering, And Graham V. Adams: It's Time For An Independent Redistricting Commission In Kentucky, Kathleen Dudgeon Nov 2025

Redistricting, Gerrymandering, And Graham V. Adams: It's Time For An Independent Redistricting Commission In Kentucky, Kathleen Dudgeon

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


"Blocking Out The Haters:" Government Officials Create Split Among Federal Judiciary, Andrew Weisgerber Nov 2025

"Blocking Out The Haters:" Government Officials Create Split Among Federal Judiciary, Andrew Weisgerber

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Next Generation, Jeremiah Chin Nov 2025

The Next Generation, Jeremiah Chin

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


New Challenges To Judicial Federalism, James A. Gardner Nov 2025

New Challenges To Judicial Federalism, James A. Gardner

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Governors Slightly More Bound? A Critique Of The Uniform Law Commission's Model Public-Health Emergency Authority Act, Paul A. Diller Nov 2025

Governors Slightly More Bound? A Critique Of The Uniform Law Commission's Model Public-Health Emergency Authority Act, Paul A. Diller

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Wages Of Hitching Wagons, Thomas B. Bennett Nov 2025

The Wages Of Hitching Wagons, Thomas B. Bennett

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Courting Jural Rights: The Kentucky Constitution And The Super Common Law Of Torts, Sarah L. Swan Nov 2025

Courting Jural Rights: The Kentucky Constitution And The Super Common Law Of Torts, Sarah L. Swan

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Symposium Keynote Address, Steve L. Beshear Nov 2025

Symposium Keynote Address, Steve L. Beshear

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Foreword, Sean Harrison Nov 2025

Foreword, Sean Harrison

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Table Of Contents For Volume 112, Issue 4, Kentucky Law Journal Nov 2025

Table Of Contents For Volume 112, Issue 4, Kentucky Law Journal

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Protecting Public Employees' Free Speech: It's Time For The Sixth Circuit To Take Action, Faith O. Turner Nov 2025

Protecting Public Employees' Free Speech: It's Time For The Sixth Circuit To Take Action, Faith O. Turner

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The End Of An Aberration: Overturning Major League Baseball's Century-Old Antitrust Exemption, Jacob Baird Nov 2025

The End Of An Aberration: Overturning Major League Baseball's Century-Old Antitrust Exemption, Jacob Baird

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Fighting Death: A Critique Of Kentucky's Death Penalty System, Pamela R. Goodwine Nov 2025

Fighting Death: A Critique Of Kentucky's Death Penalty System, Pamela R. Goodwine

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Ductile Rights, W. C. Bunting Nov 2025

Ductile Rights, W. C. Bunting

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Demonstrating Civility: A Law School Learning Outcome, Laurel Rigertas Nov 2025

Demonstrating Civility: A Law School Learning Outcome, Laurel Rigertas

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Table Of Contents For Volume 112, Issue 3, Kentucky Law Journal Nov 2025

Table Of Contents For Volume 112, Issue 3, Kentucky Law Journal

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


For One Or For All: Who Gets The Benefits Of The First Step Act?, Andrew Edwards Nov 2025

For One Or For All: Who Gets The Benefits Of The First Step Act?, Andrew Edwards

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Major Question Left For The Roberts Court, Will Chevron Survive?, Caleb B. Childers Nov 2025

The Major Question Left For The Roberts Court, Will Chevron Survive?, Caleb B. Childers

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Punitive Legal Immigration, Pedro Gerson Nov 2025

Punitive Legal Immigration, Pedro Gerson

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Against Algorithmic Auer Deference, Chad Squitieri Nov 2025

Against Algorithmic Auer Deference, Chad Squitieri

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Myth Of Fundamental Decisions, Michael D. Cicchini Nov 2025

The Myth Of Fundamental Decisions, Michael D. Cicchini

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The First Amendment, Discrimination, And Public Accommodations At Common Law, Adam J. Macleod Nov 2025

The First Amendment, Discrimination, And Public Accommodations At Common Law, Adam J. Macleod

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Table Of Contents For Volume 112, Issue 2, Kentucky Law Journal Nov 2025

Table Of Contents For Volume 112, Issue 2, Kentucky Law Journal

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Review Of A Descriptive Bibliography Of Imprints From The Israelite House Of David And Mary’S City Of David, 1902–2010, Heather Van Wormer Nov 2025

Review Of A Descriptive Bibliography Of Imprints From The Israelite House Of David And Mary’S City Of David, 1902–2010, Heather Van Wormer

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.


Review Of The Worthy Virgin: Mary Purnell And Her City Of David, Heather Van Wormer Nov 2025

Review Of The Worthy Virgin: Mary Purnell And Her City Of David, Heather Van Wormer

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.


Review Of Trying Home: The Rise And Fall Of An Anarchist Utopia On Puget Sound, Charles P. Lewarne Nov 2025

Review Of Trying Home: The Rise And Fall Of An Anarchist Utopia On Puget Sound, Charles P. Lewarne

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.


Review Of Growing Up Amish: The Rumspringa Years, Rod Janzen Nov 2025

Review Of Growing Up Amish: The Rumspringa Years, Rod Janzen

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.


Review Of Picturing The Shakers In The Era Of Manifestations, Scott De Wolfe Nov 2025

Review Of Picturing The Shakers In The Era Of Manifestations, Scott De Wolfe

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.