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Tricks of the Trade: Getting Going the First Day

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What can we do the first day of class to give students a feel for what to expect in the course and generate some enthusiasm for learning and statistics? To investigate this question, a number of prominent statistics educators were recently asked "What do you like to do in your first class of the semester"? Their responses and experiences of the author are summarized in this paper to provide a collection of tips, stories, topics for generating discussion, and general advice for getting a course going in a positive direction.
creator Lock, Robin H.
Title Tricks of the Trade: Getting Going the First Day
Alternative TitleStatistics in the Liberal Arts Workshop (SLAW)
Alternative TitleTechnical Report No. 94-003
contributor Moore, Thomas L., Ph. D. (Faculty/Staff)
supporting host Grinnell College. Mathematics and Statistics
Index Date 1994
Publisher Grinnell College
Genre Essays
Digital Origin digitized other analog
Extent 6 pages
Media Type application/pdf
note Statistics in the Liberal Arts Workshop (SLAW) workshop held in the Summer of 1994 and supported by the Exxon Corporation
Language English
Topic Mathematics
Topic Statistics
Topic Education
Classification RG-O Series 25
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Identifier (hdl) http://hdl.handle.net/11084/26705
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