Several researchers have recommended the inclusion of writing exercises in statistics courses. This paper describes the initiation of a course designed to provide statistics students with experience in writing about statistics ideas and results. The curriculum for the new course specifies the procedure for the course, but leaves the statistics content open. Assessment of an "experience " course like this is quite different from assessment of a "statistical techniques " course. A principal aim of the course is to improve students ' ability to explain statistical techniques verbally. The process of verbalization is helpful in promoting a deeper understanding of techniques already introduced in earlier courses. This pa...
This study investigated the use of writing in a statistics classroom to learn if writing provided a ...
Statistical thinking has long been a topic of discussion and a generally agreed upon goal for statis...
Assessing the extent to which the statistics 10 students are expected to engage in recall of statist...
Students have different strengths and different approaches to learning so the assessment process sho...
Historically, teaching statistics meant teaching students to do a few complex calculations, with ver...
The main role of assessment is to support learning, and any view of assessment implies a correspondi...
Although graduate students in education are frequently required to write papers throughout their cou...
Bebermeier S, Hagemann A. Creating Statistics Exercises on the Basis of Research Articles. TEACHING ...
Although much attention has been paid to issues around student assessment, for most introductory sta...
Though statistical literacy is an essential skill in modern society, students often approach statist...
The role of assessment tasks in statistics subjects plays a very important role in determining the l...
This paper reports the findings of a study undertaken by the authors to investigate the ability of s...
Statistical reasoning, thinking and literacy have repeatedly been mentioned in the literature as imp...
Writing across the curriculum (WAC) has become a guiding principle at many institutions of higher ed...
Abstract: This workshop focuses on the use of writing to learn statistics. In particular, it concent...
This study investigated the use of writing in a statistics classroom to learn if writing provided a ...
Statistical thinking has long been a topic of discussion and a generally agreed upon goal for statis...
Assessing the extent to which the statistics 10 students are expected to engage in recall of statist...
Students have different strengths and different approaches to learning so the assessment process sho...
Historically, teaching statistics meant teaching students to do a few complex calculations, with ver...
The main role of assessment is to support learning, and any view of assessment implies a correspondi...
Although graduate students in education are frequently required to write papers throughout their cou...
Bebermeier S, Hagemann A. Creating Statistics Exercises on the Basis of Research Articles. TEACHING ...
Although much attention has been paid to issues around student assessment, for most introductory sta...
Though statistical literacy is an essential skill in modern society, students often approach statist...
The role of assessment tasks in statistics subjects plays a very important role in determining the l...
This paper reports the findings of a study undertaken by the authors to investigate the ability of s...
Statistical reasoning, thinking and literacy have repeatedly been mentioned in the literature as imp...
Writing across the curriculum (WAC) has become a guiding principle at many institutions of higher ed...
Abstract: This workshop focuses on the use of writing to learn statistics. In particular, it concent...
This study investigated the use of writing in a statistics classroom to learn if writing provided a ...
Statistical thinking has long been a topic of discussion and a generally agreed upon goal for statis...
Assessing the extent to which the statistics 10 students are expected to engage in recall of statist...