Guide to Teaching Statistics is an invaluable tool for both novice and seasoned teachers of statistics. The book provides pedagogical methods and activities for teaching a range of topics, from simple statistics such as mean, median, and mode to much more complex analyses such as multivariate analyses of variance. It addresses the tools used for teaching statistics from the traditional pencil and calculator to computer programs such as SPSS. It also features topics unique to the teaching of statistics, such as working with math phobic and special needs students.
A Guide to Teaching Statistics: Innovations and Best Practices, by Michael R. Hulsizer and Linda M. Woolf, is an invaluable guide for both novice and seasoned teachers of statistics. Based on an extensive review of the research in fields such as education, health sciences, mathematics, statistics, psychology, and the social sciences, the book covers a range of statistics education and assessment topics. The book also includes novel classroom exercises, pedagogical tools, and computer applications designed to enhance active learning. Topics include descriptive, inferential, and multivariate statistics as well as the importance of using real data in the classroom, the role of ethics and diversity in statistics, and the effectiveness of online statistical education. The authors also provide extensive coverage of the research concerning statistical literacy, thinking, and reasoning.
A Guide to Teaching Statistics: Innovations and Best Practices, by Michael R. Hulsizer and Linda M. Woolf, is an invaluable guide for both novice and seasoned teachers of statistics. Based on an extensive review of the research in fields such as education, health sciences, mathematics, statistics, psychology, and the social sciences, the book covers a range of statistics education and assessment topics. The book also includes novel classroom exercises, pedagogical tools, and computer applications designed to enhance active learning. Topics include descriptive, inferential, and multivariate statistics as well as the importance of using real data in the classroom, the role of ethics and diversity in statistics, and the effectiveness of online statistical education. The authors also provide extensive coverage of the research concerning statistical literacy, thinking, and reasoning.
"In the book the reader will not find a collection of statisticaltables or formulae but a rich collection of references on teachingof statistics in several fields, e.g. psychology, social sciences,health sciences, education." (Zentralblatt MATH, 2010)
"It's a heartfelt pleasure to recommend this book. It'spacked with useful information on texts, assignments,demonstrations, means of assessment, and technologies relevant tothe teaching of statistics, and it's also the moststimulating and thoughtful scholarly treatment of the teaching ofstatistics I have ever seen."
-Neil Lutsky, Carleton College
"In Teaching Statistics, Hulsizer and Woolf provide awell organized and clear presentation of the important issues thatface teachers at all levels, from basic to advanced. The coverageis complete and the material presented is based on the results ofempirical studies as well as the authors own experiences.Especially for new teachers, the book will be an important tool tohelp them find their teacher's voice."
-Neil Salkind, Professor Emeritus, University ofKansas
"Michael Hulsizer and Linda Woolf have put together a clearlywritten guide to teaching statistics that is based on acomprehensive review of literature in statistics education.Although the book is oriented toward teaching statistics inpsychology departments, anyone who teaches statistics will benefitfrom this book, especially those new to the endeavor. The book isfull of well-researched advice and guidance on teaching statisticsthat reflects current recommendations from the statistics educationreform movement, as well as sound principles for instructiongleaned from the learning and cognition research literature. Itwill have a prominent place among my teaching resources."
-Bob delMas, University of Minnesota
"It's a heartfelt pleasure to recommend this book. It'spacked with useful information on texts, assignments,demonstrations, means of assessment, and technologies relevant tothe teaching of statistics, and it's also the moststimulating and thoughtful scholarly treatment of the teaching ofstatistics I have ever seen."
-Neil Lutsky, Carleton College
"In Teaching Statistics, Hulsizer and Woolf provide awell organized and clear presentation of the important issues thatface teachers at all levels, from basic to advanced. The coverageis complete and the material presented is based on the results ofempirical studies as well as the authors own experiences.Especially for new teachers, the book will be an important tool tohelp them find their teacher's voice."
-Neil Salkind, Professor Emeritus, University ofKansas
"Michael Hulsizer and Linda Woolf have put together a clearlywritten guide to teaching statistics that is based on acomprehensive review of literature in statistics education.Although the book is oriented toward teaching statistics inpsychology departments, anyone who teaches statistics will benefitfrom this book, especially those new to the endeavor. The book isfull of well-researched advice and guidance on teaching statisticsthat reflects current recommendations from the statistics educationreform movement, as well as sound principles for instructiongleaned from the learning and cognition research literature. Itwill have a prominent place among my teaching resources."
-Bob delMas, University of Minnesota