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Activity Number:
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550
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Thursday, August 10, 2006 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistical Education
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| Abstract - #307263 |
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Title:
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Balancing Cultural Differences in Teaching Statistics
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Author(s):
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Huizhen Guo*+
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Companies:
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Xavier University
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Address:
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9214 Deercross Parkway, Apt. 2B, Cincinnati, OH, 45236,
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Keywords:
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teaching statistics ; sole statistician ; cultural differences ; evaluation
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Abstract:
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With more than ten years of teaching experience in Mathematics in China and three years of teaching experience in statistics as a graduate student in US, teaching statistical courses at all levels as a sole statistician in a liberal art school is still quite challenging and therefore exciting for me. Part of the challenge is the gap between students and I that keeps me from understanding students and keeps students from accepting me. In this paper I would like to address how the cultural differences play a big role for the misunderstanding and how the gap can be filled by balancing the cultural differences and adjusting my teaching style. Hope this can be helpful to new faculty members who have different cultural backgrounds.
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