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Assessment and Statistics Education: Current Challenges and Directions

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  • Joan B. Garfield
  • Iddo Gal

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The interaction between new curricular goals for students and alternative methods of assessing student learning is described. Suggestions are offered for teachers of statistics who wish to re‐examine their classroom assessment practices in light of these changes. Examples are offered of some innovative assessment approaches that have been used in introductory statistics courses, and current challenges to statistics educators are described. La contribution enueprend use déscription de l'inteaction entre des objectifs nouveaux envisagés pour les étudiants et des méthodes alternatives pour évaluer leur apprentissement réel. elle offre des suggestions aux enseignants des statistiques désirant de reexaminer leurs propres pratiques d'évaluation en classe aux lumières de cette évolution, en donnant pour exemples quelques appoches innovatifs utilisés dans des courses introductoires en statistiques et en decivant des demands actuelles adressées aux enseignants.

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  • Joan B. Garfield & Iddo Gal, 1999. "Assessment and Statistics Education: Current Challenges and Directions," International Statistical Review, International Statistical Institute, vol. 67(1), pages 1-12, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:istatr:v:67:y:1999:i:1:p:1-12
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-5823.1999.tb00377.x
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    1. Peter Petocz & Anna Reid, 2010. "On Becoming a Statistician—A Qualitative View," International Statistical Review, International Statistical Institute, vol. 78(2), pages 271-286, August.
    2. Dina El Kayaly, 2013. "Towards more real-live teachings of business statistics: a Review of Challenges, Teaching Innovations and Strategies for Reform in Egypt," Working Papers 2013/21, Maastricht School of Management.
    3. Chris Wild, 2007. "Virtual Environments and the Acceleration of Experiential Learning," International Statistical Review, International Statistical Institute, vol. 75(3), pages 322-335, December.
    4. Sinjini Mitra, 2023. "How Are Students Learning in a Business Statistics Course? Evidence from Both Direct and Indirect Assessment," INFORMS Transactions on Education, INFORMS, vol. 23(2), pages 95-103, January.

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