TY - JOUR
T1 - First courses in statistical science
T2 - The status of educational reform efforts
AU - Garfield, Joan
AU - Hogg, Bob
AU - Schau, Candace
AU - Whittinghill, Dex
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2002/7
Y1 - 2002/7
N2 - Over the past twenty years much has been written about the introductory or service course in statistics. Historically, this course has been viewed as difficult and unpleasant by many students and frustrating and unrewarding to teach by many instructors. Dissatisfactions with the introductory course have led people to suggest new models for the course, to lead workshops to reexamine this course (Hogg 1992), and to offer recommendations for how the course should be changed (Cobb 1992). This paper presents the results of a survey of teachers of the first statistics course, to determine the impact of reform efforts on the teaching of statistics. Suggestions and guidelines for teaching these courses are offered, based on the results of the survey.
AB - Over the past twenty years much has been written about the introductory or service course in statistics. Historically, this course has been viewed as difficult and unpleasant by many students and frustrating and unrewarding to teach by many instructors. Dissatisfactions with the introductory course have led people to suggest new models for the course, to lead workshops to reexamine this course (Hogg 1992), and to offer recommendations for how the course should be changed (Cobb 1992). This paper presents the results of a survey of teachers of the first statistics course, to determine the impact of reform efforts on the teaching of statistics. Suggestions and guidelines for teaching these courses are offered, based on the results of the survey.
KW - Introductory statistics
KW - Undergraduate Statistics Education Initiative (USEI)
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U2 - 10.1080/10691898.2002.11910665
DO - 10.1080/10691898.2002.11910665
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0038697056
SN - 1069-1898
VL - 10
JO - Journal of Statistics Education
JF - Journal of Statistics Education
IS - 2
ER -