Assessment and statistics education: Current challenges and directions


Authors: 
Garfield, J. B., & Gal, I.
Category: 
Volume: 
67(1)
Pages: 
12-Jan
Year: 
1999
Publisher: 
International Statistical Review
Place: 
Minneapolis, MN
Abstract: 

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.

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