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Activity Number:
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113
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Monday, August 4, 2008 : 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 - #302039 |
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Title:
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A Hunt for Better Features in Teaching an Introductory Statistics Class
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Author(s):
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Julia A. Norton*+ and Yan Yan Zhou and Farnaz Ganjeizadeh
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Companies:
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California State University, East Bay and California State University, East Bay and California State University, East Bay
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Address:
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28022 El Portal Drive, Hayward, CA, 94542-2512,
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Keywords:
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teaching ; assessment ; pedagogy ; Departments of Statistics
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Abstract:
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After many years of instruction and program assessment, it seemed time to concentrate on individual courses. Teaming two faculty members in Statistics and Engineering, we consider modifications including changes to reduce incorrect items in student responses on quantitative tests, increased writing to emphasize critical analysis, and increased personalized feedback. For statistics measurements compare testing early in the quarter versus later, item analysis of missed questions and problems, study of mistakes on projects and written assignments and relationships among these types of questions. In engineering the evaluation process of problem solving requires distinguishing "missing conceptions" evaluation of understanding the theories and "misconceptions" (making mistakes when applying the concepts). Effective evaluation can provide feedback based on the students' learning needs.
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