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Activity Number:
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511
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Thursday, August 2, 2007 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistical Education
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| Abstract - #308341 |
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Title:
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Teaching Introductory Statistics to Prospective Elementary School Teachers: The Habitat Experience at ETSU
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Author(s):
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Edith Seier*+ and Susan Hosler
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Companies:
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East Tennessee State University and East Tennessee State University
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Address:
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10 Brooklawn Ct, Johnson City, TN, 37604,
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Keywords:
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Projects ; posters ; K-6 standards ; hands-on activities ; reading assignments ; resources web-page
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Abstract:
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A statistics course is the mathematics general education requirement at ETSU. Recently, as part of an initiative to improve the education in science and mathematics of prospective elementary school teachers, a special section has been created for them. The standard topics of an algebra-based introductory statistics course are still covered and students take the departmental comprehensive final. In-class activities and assignments have been added to increase student's awareness about the teaching of statistics and probability in the elementary school, to familiarize them with available resources and to expose them to learning strategies and tools. We are working toward a stronger communication between statistics and science courses, projects being a bridge between them. Activities will be described and student response and ideas for improvement will be discussed.
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