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Activity Number: 519
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Thursday, August 7, 2008 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Business and Economics Statistics Section
Abstract - #302483
Title: Traditional Teaching Giving Way to New Techniques
Author(s): Mammo Woldie*+
Companies: Texas Southern University
Address: Dept of Business Administration, Houston, TX, 77004,
Keywords: chalk and board ; online ; semi-online
Abstract:

In addition to the usual chalk and board approach, nowadays several people use online or semi-online approach in teaching basic statistics. An attempt will be made to examine how much successful these techniques have become in helping students learn.

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