Creating, implementing and integrating a first-year statistics requirement

Creating, implementing and integrating a first-year statistics requirement

We present the process our institution used to create a statistics requirement for almost all incoming first‐year students. From conception and planning, to hiring and acceptance by the university community, we offer lessons learned should you consider making such a shift in your own curriculum.

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Veröffentlicht in:Teaching statistics 2012-06, Vol.34 (2), p.50-55
Hauptverfasser: Redington, Douglas B., Russell, R. Alan
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
College Curriculum
College Freshmen
College Instruction
Core curriculum
Core requirement
Curriculum
Curriculum Design
Curriculum Development
Curriculum Implementation
Guidelines
Higher education
Interdisciplinary
Introductory Courses
Mathematics Instruction
Required Courses
Statistics
Teaching
Technology
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Zusammenfassung:We present the process our institution used to create a statistics requirement for almost all incoming first‐year students. From conception and planning, to hiring and acceptance by the university community, we offer lessons learned should you consider making such a shift in your own curriculum.
ISSN:0141-982X
1467-9639
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9639.2010.00448.x