Quantitative & Symbolic Reasoning Center
Tutoring Services for Students
The QSR offers tutoring in a variety of modalities in an effort to best meet the needs of all Hamilton students. Students are encouraged to come for drop-in tutoring, join a facilitated group study, or schedule an individual tutoring appointment.
Support for Faculty
The QSR Center supports faculty members as they develop innovative approaches to teaching the quantitative aspects of Hamilton’s open curriculum and integrate quantitative reasoning into the practice of the liberal arts across disciplines. The Center offers faculty programming and provides opportunities for curricular consultation with the QSR Director or Social Science Empirical Research Specialist.
Faculty May:
Request a Review Session or Workshop
Refer a Student as a Future Peer Tutor
QSR Programming
Beyond course-specific support, the QSR Center offers a variety of programs for faculty and tutors throughout the academic year. Aligned with the annual ALEX theme, these opportunities explore evidence-based teaching practices that promote student success, with particular attention to supporting the development of numeracy, quantitative literacy, and quantitative reasoning skills across disciplines.
Programming provides opportunities to exchange ideas with colleagues, engage in meaningful conversations about teaching and learning, and learn from both on and off-campus experts. Events range from workshops and guest speakers to discussion series and informal gatherings. By fostering collaboration, reflection, and innovation, the QSR Center helps strengthen the integration of quantitative reasoning throughout Hamilton's open curriculum and supports student learning in a wide range of academic contexts.
Upcoming Programming
2026 - 2027 Academic Year: Cultivating Curiosity Through Play
Past Programming
2025–2026 Academic Year: Fail Better
The QSR hosted the following guest speakers in support of the ALEX "Fail Better" initiative, which explored how to reframe failures as catalysts for growth and innovation.
- Successful Failure: We live, We learn, Dr. Sara Goodman & Dr. Melissa Ghera Goodwin, St. John Fisher College
- Reframing Failure Through Cartooning, KC Councilor, Southern Connecticut State University
- Reimagining Statistics Education Through Critical Quantitative Approaches, Nathan Alexander, Howard University
The themes of productive failure, growth mindset, and psychological safety were woven throughout tutor training across the academic year. Drawing on the work of Manu Kapur, Brené Brown, and Amy Edmondson, tutors engaged in ongoing reflection and discussion about their own experiences with failure and considered how sharing these perspectives with students can foster trust and normalize failure as an essential part of learning.
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“I took Calc II during my first semester at Hamilton and when I got discouraged, my professor saw the potential I had and recommended me to the QSR Center. In the blink of an eye, three years of working as a tutor at the center passed by. I got so close with the staff, it’s almost like a big family.
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Tutor Appointments
Peer tutor and consultant appointments are managed through TracCloud (login required). Find resources and more information about the ALEX centers using the following links.
Contact
Office / Department Name
Quantitative & Symbolic Reasoning Center
Contact Name
Jessica Kelly
Director of the Quantitative & Symbolic Reasoning Center
If you need to contact the QSR about scheduling tutoring or making changes to a scheduled tutoring appointment, please send an email to QSR@hamilton.edu.
