Assessment methods in statistical education : an international perspective /

This book is a collaboration from leading figures in statistical education and is designed primarily for academic audiences involved in teaching statistics and mathematics. The book is divided in four sections: (1) Assessment using real-world problems, (2) Assessment statistical thinking, (3) Indivi...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bidgood, Penelope, Hunt, Neville, Jolliffe, F. R. (Flavia R.), 1942-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley, ©2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • Assessment Methods in Statistical Education; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; PART A SUCCESSFUL ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES; 1 Assessment and feedback in statistics; 2 Variety in assessment for learning statistics; 3 Assessing for success: An evidence-based approach that promotes learning in diverse, non-specialist student groups; 4 Assessing statistical thinking and data presentation skills through the use of a poster assignment with real-world data; 5 A computer-based approach to statistics teaching and assessment in psychology; PART B ASSESSING STATISTICAL LITERACY.
  • 6 Assessing statistical thinking7 Assessing important learning outcomes in introductory tertiary statistics courses; 8 Writing about findings: Integrating teaching and assessment; 9 Assessing students' statistical literacy; 10 An assessment strategy to promote judgement and understanding of statistics in medical applications; 11 Assessing statistical literacy: Take CARE; PART C ASSESSMENT USING REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS.