This is a session of Topic 3: Learning to teach statistics
(Monday 12th, 16:30-18:00)
Diversity in types of teaching at the tertiary level
Organizers
- Martha Aliaga (United States)
- Michael Bulmer (Australia)
Abstract
This session will focus on how instructors should prepare for the challenges of teaching statistics under heterogeneous conditions and in various undergraduate settings. In particular:- How technology (wiki pages, podcasts, clickers, blogs, course management sites, the internet or any of the latest ways of communicating) can help or complicate the teaching of statistics depending on the class size.
- How assessment and research can inform in each of these new types of communications technology.
- How the increasing diversity of student populations creates challenges to the current methods of securing inclusion and equity.
Papers
| Paper | Title | Presenter(s) / Author(s) |
| 3G1 | How technology can help or complicate the teaching of statistics depending on the class size | Bruno de Sousa (Portugal) José Vicente Novegil Souto (Spain) |
| 3G2 | Diversity and differentiated instruction and learning | W Robert Stephenson (United States) |
| 3G3 | Equity and the increasingly diverse tertiary student population: challenges and opportunities in statistics education | Lawrence Lesser (United States) |