Statistics Teaching and Learning Corner
I, maybe like many of you, have been reflecting on what teaching methods worked and what did not work during COVID teaching this last year. In particular, I have been thinking about what tools and strategies I learned/used that I would continue to use after we go back to in-person teaching. Many faculty had to... Continue Reading →
Sometimes Specifications-Grading (Nilson, 2015) can feel like cooking – I may have all the ingredients, but it doesn’t mean I can turn it into an edible product. Bouncing ideas off other colleagues has been extremely beneficial. In this post, I will discuss an implementation I used for an intermediate statistics course. Setting up the Hurdles... Continue Reading →
Motivation What is the least enjoyable part about being a professor? For me, the answer is easily “grading.” For years I dreaded the whole process – determining whether a response was worth 4 points or 5, ensuring consistency across students, and arguing over partial credit instead of discussing course content. Opposite this dread was the knowledge that one... Continue Reading →
When we created StatTLC, we wanted to create a space to share and discuss ideas about teaching and learning. While we have curated posts to share ideas, we feel we have fallen short on engagement and discussion. Which brings us to…(drum roll please)...a new type of post, called Let's Chat, Stat! We want these posts... Continue Reading →
With the 2020 Joint Statistical Meetings in the rear view mirror and the fall semester under way, we wanted to take some time to reflect on our first virtual conference of this scale. While we were pleased to see the progress in the field of statistics education, we left feeling a little disappointed in the... Continue Reading →
To start off this post, it’s probably fitting to quote a Duran Duran song (1990): “The lasting first impression is what you're looking for.” Besides starting with the usual housekeeping on the first day of class, why not set the tone for the course by providing students with a glimpse into the classroom environment as... Continue Reading →
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