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Activity Number: 175
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Monday, August 4, 2008 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Statistical Education
Abstract - #300060
Title: Pedagogical Issues in Introductory Statistics
Author(s): Carolyn Cuff*+ and E. Jacquelin Dietz*+ and Kim Gilbert*+ and Robert Gould*+ and Thomas H. Short*+
Companies: Westminster College and Meredith College and Georgia Gwinnett College and University of California, Los Angeles and Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Address: Hoyt Science Center, New Wilmington, PA, 16172-0001, 3800 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC, 27607-5298, 1000 University Center Lane, Lawrenceville, GA, 30043, Department of Statistics, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1554, Mathematics Department, Indiana, PA, 15705,
Keywords: Pedagogy ; Technology ; Education ; Introductory Statistics ; Assessment
Abstract:

A panel of experts shares ideas and experiences to improve pedagogy in the first statistics course. Topics will include teaching with activities, using assessment to improve learning, incorporating technology into the course, and which topics to include.


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