JSM 2004 - Toronto

Abstract #300846

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Activity Number: 25
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Sunday, August 8, 2004 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Statistical Education
Abstract - #300846
Title: Writing-to-learn in Elementary Statistics
Author(s): Ananda A. Jayawardhana*+ and Cynthia Woodburn
Companies: Pittsburg State University and Pittsburg State University
Address: 1701 South Broadway, Pittsburg, KS, 66762,
Keywords: writing ; statistics
Abstract:

Pittsburg State University is a regional comprehensive university in southeast Kansas. As a part of the Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) program, students are required to take two writing-to-learn classes between English Composition and Introduction to Research Writing. A variety of disciplines across campus offer writing-to-learn courses. Over the last several years, both authors have taught mathematics and statistics classes with a writing-to-learn component. We have tried journal writing, formal papers, impromptu writing, informal weekly writing, and formal biweekly writing with double submissions. We plan to explain the expectations of the university, our strategies, and the lessons we learned with special emphasis to elementary statistics. Even though most of our students are not statistics majors we encourage them to learn to think clearly, organize information, analyze data, and present the results.

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