Diversity-related content as a gateway to critical thinking: A case study of a freshman seminar


Authors: 
Kathryn Plank and Michele DiPietro,
Volume: 
3(8)
Pages: 
online
Year: 
2008
Publisher: 
causeweb.org
URL: 
http://www.causeweb.org/webinar/2008-08/
Abstract: 

There are many good reasons to incorporate thinking about diversity into a course, not the least of which is that it can have a real impact on student learning and cognitive development. In this webinar, we will explore both how the tools of statistics can help students better understand complex and controversial issues, and, in the other direction, how using these complex and controversial issues can help facilitate deeper learning of statistics.

The CAUSE Research Group is supported in part by a member initiative grant from the American Statistical Association’s Section on Statistics and Data Science Education