Author Archives: Brian Melton

How Much Math Do Students Need to Succeed in Business and Economics Statistics?

My article this week is “How Much Math Do Students Need to Succeed in Business and Economics Statistics?  An Ordered Probit Analysis” and is found at http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v17n3/green.html.  This article presents the result of a statistical study looking at the impact … Continue reading

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Hands-on learning in statistics

My article this week is “Do Hands-On Activities Increase Student Understanding?:  A Case Study” and is found at http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v17n3/pfaff.html.  This article concerns the effectiveness of using more hands-on activities for improving student understanding of statistical concepts. A key concern with … Continue reading

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Aims and Desired Outcomes for Intro to Statistics

My syllabus will be for an introductory statistics course.  Filene (2005) gave some excellent suggestions on how to develop ones teaching, including how to build a syllabus as a critical part of preparing and thinking about the course.  As I … Continue reading

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Journal Entry for 28 March

My article this week is “Evaluating an Active Learning Approach to Teaching Introductory Statistics:  a Classroom Workbook Approach” and is found at http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v19n1/carlson.pdf.  This article concerns the use of a different teaching approach for looking at active learning. The authors … Continue reading

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Teaching Obeservations

For my teaching observations I attended two sections of an introductory statistics course (STAT 201) on Monday, March 7th.  The classes were taught by two different instructors, thus allowing for a comparison of different teaching styles.  Two instructors would also … Continue reading

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Journal entry for 21 March

My article this week is “Learning Statistics at the Farmers Market?  A Comparison of Academic Service Learning and Case Studies in an Introductory Statistics Course” and is found at http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v18n3/hiedemann.pdf.  This was the first article I have read concerning the … Continue reading

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Journal Entry for 15 March

Brian Melton March 12, 2011 My article this week is “Student Centered Instruction in a Theoretical Statistics Course” and is found at http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v17n3/batesprins.html.  In teaching an introductory statistics course, I am very interested in developing a student centered approach.  Unfortunately, … Continue reading

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Brian M post for 28 Feb

Brian Melton My article this week is titled “VISA:  Reducing Technological Impact n Student Learning in an Introductory Statistics Course” and is found at http://escholarship.org/uc/item/1gh2x5v5.  Although not published in my usual journal choice, Journal of Statistics Education (JSE), it was … Continue reading

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BMelton Post for 21 Feb

The article I chose for this week is titled “Training Teachers to Teach Probability” and can be found at http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v12n1/batanero.html .  I chose this article as I have been thinking about how I might approach teaching probability to future students.  … Continue reading

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Journal Selection

The teaching journal I have chosen for this semester is the Journal of Statistics Education.  The journal, first started in 1993, is published by the American Statistical Association (ASA) three times a year.  The editorial board is made up of … Continue reading

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