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Abstract #301765

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Activity Number:	359
Type:	Luncheons
Date/Time:	Wednesday, August 11, 2004 : 12:30 PM to 1:50 PM
Sponsor:	Section on Statistical Education
Abstract - #301765
Title:	Learning Styles in the Introductory Statistics Classroom - SOLD OUT
Author(s):	Carmen O. Acuna*+
Companies:	Bucknell University
Address:	Dept. of Mathematics, Lewisburg, PA, 17837,
Keywords:	Bloom's taxonomy
Abstract:	The statistics education reform of the last 15 years has substantially changed the way in which the introductory statistics course is taught. The focus has shifted from numerical and symbolic manipulations to an emphasis on the main elements of statistical thinking and the big ideas of statistics. This change has added to the degree of abstraction of the class. Students who must take this course as part of a major requirement still struggle with the introductory statistics course; now for different reasons. We'll discuss how to capitalize on the students' different learning styles to elicit from them the higher levels of thinking that this shift in emphasis is demanding from them.

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