JSM 2010 Online Program

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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