"Innovations in Teaching Statistics" is a book of stories about teaching statistics. These stories are told by fourteen different instructors of innovative statistics courses, who demonstrate that learning statistics can be a positive, meaningful, and even exciting experience. Despite the prevailing opinion that statistics courses are dull and difficult for students, these stories paint quite a different picture. In the classes of the instructors whose stories fill this book, students are engaged in learning, are empowered to do statistics, and appreciate the instructional methods of their teachers. The instructors profiled in this book are inspiring, dedicated teachers who have devoted considerable effort to creating courses and materials that enable students to successfully learn statistics. Each chapter begins by describing how the author became a teacher of statistics, then provides details about the courses they currently teach, describing their teaching method, textbook, types of student assessments, and uses of technology. One typical class is described in detail, to provide a snapshot of what each person's teaching looks like. The writers then tell the story of the process they went through in developing an innovative course, and conclude their chapters with a discussion of their future plans for course revision or development. As you read these stories, you will learn about some great activities, some helpful technological tools and some innovative assessment methods. By reading these stories, teachers of statistics will understand and be motivated to try different ways to implement reform recommendations, so that these recommendations may continue to lead to a variety of new materials, activities, and teaching approaches. I hope that teachers of statistics may be inspired by these stories and feel encouraged to try new methods, leave behind more traditional approaches to teaching statistics, and carefully examine the effect of their teaching on student learning.

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American Mathematical Society

United States, United States of America

MAA notes, Washington, WA, 2005

May 2005

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Includes bibliographical references.

cover 1
copyright page 3
Innovations in Teaching Statistics 4
Forword 8
Contents 10
1 Introduction 12
Section 1 Statistics Teachers in Mathematics Departments 16
2 Teaching a Data-Oriented, Activity-Based Course 18
Becoming a teacher of statistics 18
My course 19
A typical class 20
Some sample activities 20
Student assessment 21
Developing an innovative statistics course 21
Future plans 22
References 22
3 Using the PACE Strategy to Teach Statistics 24
Becoming a teacher of statistics 24
My courses 26
A typical class 27
Assessment 28
Developing an innovative statistics course 29
Future plans 30
References 31
4 Statistics as a Core Course in Liberal Arts 34
How I became a teacher of statistics 34
My course 35
A typical class 36
Questions on homework 36
Presentation of the day’s topic 36
Class assessment 38
Student assessment 39
Developing an innovative course 40
Future plans 40
References 41
5 Teaching a Technology-Enhanced Statistics Course in a Liberal Arts Environment 42
Becoming a teacher of statistics 42
My course 42
A typical class 43
Assessment 46
Developing an innovative statistics course 48
Future plans 49
References 49
6 Teaching a CHANCE Course 50
Becoming a teacher of statistics 50
My course 51
A typical class 52
Assessment 55
Developing an innovative statistics course 56
Future plans 57
References 58
Section 2 Statistics Teachers in Two-Year or Community Colleges 60
7 Teaching Statistics to Under-Prepared College Students 62
Becoming a teacher of statistics 62
My course 63
A typical class 64
Student assessment 66
Developing an innovative statistics course 68
Future plans 69
References 69
Appendix 1 Part of the First Day Questionnaire 70
Appendix 2 Sheet of graph labels 71
Appendix 3 Example of a completed scrapbook 72
Appendix 4 Questions used to guide inquiry about relationship of sample size to distributions of sample means. 73
8 Active Learning and Technology in the Community College Classroom 76
Becoming a teacher of statistics 76
My course 77
A typical class 79
Assessment 80
Developing an innovative statistics course 81
Future plans 82
References 82
Section 3 Statistics Teachers in Departments of Statistics 84
9 Teaching Interactive Statistics for Understanding 86
Becoming a teacher of statistics 86
My course 88
A typical class 89
Student assessment 91
Developing an innovative statistics course 92
Future plans 92
References 92
10 Teaching Statistics through an Immersive Learning Environment 94
Becoming a teacher of statistics 94
My course 96
A typical class 97
Assessment 99
Developing an innovative statistics course 100
Future plans 102
11 Becoming an Active Learning Facilitator in the Statistics Classroom 104
Becoming a teacher of statistics 104
My course 105
A typical class 106
Assessment 108
Developing an innovative statistics course 109
Future plans 111
References 111
12 Integrating Pedagogies to Teach Statistics 112
Becoming a teacher of statistics 112
My course 113
And now 115
A typical class 115
Student assessment 116
Assessment of the course 117
Developing an innovative statistics course 118
Future plans 119
References 119
APPENDIX Guidelines for full lab reports 120
Section 4 Teaching Statistics to Students in Other Disciplines 122
13 Teaching Statistics as a Language to Students in Psychology 124
Becoming a teacher of statistics 124
My course 125
A typical class 126
Assessment 128
Developing an innovative course 130
Future plans 130
References 131
Appendix 1 Sample Project 131
14 Teaching Statistics to Beginning Researchers in Psychology 132
Becoming a teacher of statistics 132
My course 133
A typical class 137
Assessment 140
Developing an innovative course 140
Future plans 144
15 Teaching Statistics to Business Students 146
Becoming a teacher of statistics 146
My course 147
Topics covered 147
A typical class 148
Assessment 149
College of Business.Developing an innovative statistics course 150
Future plans 150
References 150
About the Editor 152
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"This is a book of stories about teaching statistics. These stories are told by fourteen different instructors of innovative statistics courses, who demonstrate that learning statistics can be a positive, meaningful, and even exciting experience. Despite the prevailing opinion that statistics courses are dull and difficult for students, these stories paint quite a different picture. In the classes of the instructors whose stories fill this book, students are engaged in learning, are empowered to do statistics, and appreciate the instructional methods of their teachers. The instructors profiled in this book are inspiring, dedicated teachers who have devoted considerable effort to creating courses and materials that enable students to successfully learn statistics. Each chapter begins by describing how the author became a teacher of statistics, then provides details about the courses they currently teach, describing their teaching method, textbook, types of student assessments, and uses of technology. One typical class is described in detail, to provide a snapshot of what each person's teaching looks like. The writers then tell the story of the process they went through in developing an innovative course, and conclude their chapters with a discussion of their future plans for course revision or development. As you read these stories, you will learn about some great activities, some helpful technological tools and some innovative assessment methods. By reading these stories, teachers of statistics will understand and be motivated to try different ways to implement reform recommendations, so that these recommendations may continue to lead to a variety of new materials, activities, and teaching approaches. I hope that teachers of statistics may be inspired by these stories and feel encouraged to try new methods, leave behind more traditional approaches to teaching statistics, and carefully examine the effect of their teaching on student learning." -- Publisher

<p>The discipline of statistics has become integrated into a wide variety of studies, programs and disciplines. Most texts cover the needs of learners of statistics, but this text centers on those who teach it. Taking into consideration the technological changes of the past few decades and also the differences in background of learners, 15 contributions describe a wide variety of strategies and methods for use in math departments at universities, two-year or community colleges, statistics departments, and departments of other disciplines (e.g. business or psychology). Annotation &copy;2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR</p>

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