This is the program for the 2010 Joint Statistical Meetings in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Activity Details
506 | Wed, 8/4/2010, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM | CC-120 (West) |
Evidence-Based Education: Improving Teaching and Learning Through Understanding Students' Attitudes — Topic Contributed Papers | ||
Section on Statistical Education | ||
Organizer(s): Candace Schau, CS Consultants, LLC | ||
Chair(s): Candace Schau, CS Consultants, LLC | ||
10:35 AM | Understanding Students' Attitudes Toward Statistics: New Perspectives Using Expectancy Value Theory of Motivation and the Survey of Attitudes Toward Statistics — Caroline Ann Ramirez, University of California, Davis ; Esma Emmioglu, Middle East Technical University ; Candace Schau, CS Consultants, LLC | |
10:55 AM | The Hidden Attitude: Students' Perceptions of 'Statistics' Prior to Taking the First Course — Marjorie E. Bond, Monmouth College ; Gloria Lehr, Monmouth College | |
11:15 AM | Should I Use Gain Scores to Determine Treatment Effect from a Pretest-Posttest Design?: A Simulation Study — Michael Posner, Villanova University ; AnneMichele Millar, Mount Saint Vincent University ; Philip Yates, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona | |
11:35 AM | Instructor Characteristics Associated with Student Appreciation of Statistics — Philip Yates, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona ; Michael Posner, Villanova University | |
11:55 AM | Assessing Changes in Students' Attitudes: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly — AnneMichele Millar, Mount Saint Vincent University ; Candace Schau, CS Consultants, LLC | |
12:15 PM | Floor Discussion |
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