Perspectives onStatistical Practice&Statistical Pedagogy36-701Instructor/Course Leader: Brian JunkerWriting Consultant: Tim DawsonGuest Lecturers and PanelsClass Meetings: MW 1:30-2:20, BH 231B1I. TEACHING• We’ll Talk about:– How do students learn, and what are the theneeds and difficulties of the learner?– What are the current trends in statisticseducation?– What are the challenges in teaching statistics?– How can we help students learn (and retain)?• Practice in Instruction (Oded Meyer)– Supervised practice in TA-related activities(labs, office hours, grading)– Mini - lectures3Pedagogy:Activities that impart knowledge.Goals of the course:1. Become effective communicators of statisticalideas/knowledge.2. Develop understanding of the elements ofstatistical practice.2II. CROSS-DISCIPLINARY WORK/CONSULTING• What are some good and bad practices ofstatistical consulting (video)• Panel discussions on cross-disciplinary work(Statistics Faculty)• Ethics in Statistics Research (Joel Greenhouse)Teaching ⇐⇒ Consulting5• Eberly Teaching Center (Michele DiPietro)– Presentation on conducting office hours– Labs observations and feedback– Applying coginitive principles in teaching– Presentation on teaching first year students4The “heart” of statistical practice is theprocess of....A B A−1Where:A - Translating a scientific research question intowell-posed statistical problems.B - Solve the problems.A−1- translating the results back into a product thatis accessible to the relevant scientific community.• Also important when teaching introductorycourses (tutor....)7III. WRITING• We’ll supervise the writing of two paperassignments– one from 711– one from 707• Presentation on technical writing (Tim Dawson,English Department)• Individual meetings with Tim after first draft isdue.6What’s coming.....• Wed. 9/1 - Meet here a little ear ly:presentation in the Library I nstructionCenter, Hunt Library (Paul Neuhaus)• Mon. 9/6 - Labor Day• Wed. 9/8 - More about the ClinicalDepression assignment and ABA−19Handouts:1. Assignment 1 from 36-711For next weekWednesday (9/8).... Thinkabout the “A” part - translate the researchquestion into 2-3 statistical problems (andwrite them down).2. Examples of old 707
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