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Have You Seen This?...Teaching Statistics

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Peter Holmes
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This book, edited by Thomas Moore, is number 52 in the series of MAA Notes and is described as Resources for Undergraduate Instructors. It costs $31.95 (ASA members $25.95) and is almost worth the price for the first (very short) article alone. This is by George Cobb, is entitled Teaching Statistics: More Data, Less Lecturing, and is a concise summary of his fuller article, Teaching Statistics, in MAA Notes No. 22 – Heeding the Call for Change. Here he offers two recommendations for statistics teaching, and three headings on how students learn. The two recommendations for teaching are: More data and concepts and emphasize statistical thinking….
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This book, edited by Thomas Moore, is number 52 in the series of MAA Notes and is described as Resources for Undergraduate Instructors. It costs $31.95 (ASA members $25.95) and is almost worth the price for the first (very short) article alone. This is by George Cobb, is entitled Teaching Statistics: More Data, Less Lecturing, and is a concise summary of his fuller article, Teaching Statistics, in MAA Notes No. 22 – Heeding the Call for Change. Here he offers two recommendations for statistics teaching, and three headings on how students learn. The two recommendations for teaching are: More data and concepts and emphasize statistical thinking….