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Effects Of Growth Mindset Training On Undergraduate Statistics Students, Valorie L. Zonnefeld Jul 2016

Effects Of Growth Mindset Training On Undergraduate Statistics Students, Valorie L. Zonnefeld

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Undergraduate introductory statistics courses have experienced numerous changes in the past century, for instance, increased enrollment and diversification of students required to take the courses. Promising research has been conducted on mathematical mindsets, however, no research is available for introductory statistics courses. This presentation addresses the effect of growth mindset training on students in mathematics.


How Serving Graduate Students Is Different From Serving Adult Undergrads, Steve Holtrop Jun 2016

How Serving Graduate Students Is Different From Serving Adult Undergrads, Steve Holtrop

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Broadening The Impact And Effectiveness Of Simulation-Based Curricula For Introductory Statistics, Nathan L. Tintle, Beth Chance, George Cobb, Allan Rossman, Soma Roy, Todd Swanson, Jill Vanderstoep Apr 2016

Broadening The Impact And Effectiveness Of Simulation-Based Curricula For Introductory Statistics, Nathan L. Tintle, Beth Chance, George Cobb, Allan Rossman, Soma Roy, Todd Swanson, Jill Vanderstoep

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The demands for a statistically literate society are increasing, and the introductory statistics course “Stat 101” remains the primary venue for learning statistics for the majority of high school and undergraduate students. After three decades of very fruitful activity in the areas of pedagogy and assessment, but with comparatively little pressure for rethinking the content of this course, the statistics education community has recently turned its attention to focusing on simulation-based methods, including bootstrapping and permutation tests, to illustrate core concepts of statistical inference within the context of the overall statistical investigative process. This new focus presents an opportunity to …


Religion In The Early British Literature Classroom: The Challenges Of Teaching Religion And Literature To Students Of Faith, Bob De Smith Jan 2016

Religion In The Early British Literature Classroom: The Challenges Of Teaching Religion And Literature To Students Of Faith, Bob De Smith

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