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Abstract Details
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Activity Number:
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375
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Type:
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Roundtables
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011 : 12:30 PM to 1:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistical Education
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| Abstract - #300678 |
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Title:
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Teaching Statistics to Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
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Author(s):
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Amy Elizabeth Wagler*+ and Lawrence M. Lesser*+
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Companies:
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The University of Texas at El Paso
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Address:
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125 Bell Hall, El Paso, TX, 79968, 500 W. University Avenue, El Paso, TX, 79968-0514,
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Keywords:
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language ;
diversity ;
education ;
culture ;
equity ;
online
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Abstract:
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Statistics faculty are increasingly likely to face classes that are more diverse not only in content background but also in demographics such as students' home culture and language. This interactive, participatory roundtable explores how these challenges can be turned into equitable opportunities for all students to learn. Lesser (an ASA Section officer as well as a founding editor of Teaching for Excellence and Equity in Mathematics) draws from his ongoing scholarship (e.g., the leadoff paper of the November 2009 Statistics Education Research Journal and an invited refereed paper in the 2010 ICOTS Proceedings; both papers are at http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/publications.php) and experiences teaching statistics to English learners at a research university with a 21st-century student demographic. Wagler draws from her innovative work developing an online introductory statistics course that is responsive to English language learners. We'll learn from each other's resources, strategies, successes, and lessons learned.
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