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Dr. Chris Lee, Associate Professor of Mathematics

Dr. Chris Lee, Associate Professor of Mathematics Dr. Adam Childers, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Roanoke College, Salem, VA.

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Dr. Chris Lee, Associate Professor of Mathematics

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  1. Dr. Chris Lee, Associate Professor of Mathematics Dr. Adam Childers, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Roanoke College, Salem, VA. INQ 240 – Statistical ReasoningIntegration in INQ Perspectives CoursesInstitutionalizing Integrative Learning: Faculty Development, Course Development & AssessmentRoanoke college, June 16-18, 2010

  2. The Intellectual Inquiry Curriculum In an increasingly complex and interconnected world, it is important for students to leave college not only with skills and knowledge, but with the ability to apply them to real problems. The Intellectual Inquiry curriculum is designed to help students use the tools of different disciplines to address important issues.

  3. The Perspectives Courses A series of courses from mathematics, the sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities, each exploring a question from a western, global, or natural world perspective. Discipline (Statistics, English, Psychology, etc) Perspective (Global, Western, Natural World) Perspectives Course (INQ 240-271) Writing and oral comm or quantitative reasoning

  4. INQ 240 – Statistical ReasoningCatalog Description • Provides an inquiry-focused introduction to statistical methodologies. • Questions and applications will be drawn from one of Western Perspectives, Global Perspectives, or the Natural World. • Students will gain an understanding of how decision making is accomplished using modern statistical techniques. • Topics include descriptive statistics, graphical methods, estimation, elementary probability and statistical inference.

  5. INQ 240 Courses • Statistical Reasoning: Statistics and Botany • Statistical Reasoning: Does Gun Control Save Lives • Statistical Reasoning: Statistics for Social Justice • Statistical Reasoning: To Your Health • Statistical Reasoning: Statistics and Weather • Statistical Reasoning: Statistics in the Sports Industry

  6. INQ 240 vs. Stat 101 Core material : descriptive statistics, graphical methods, estimation, elementary probability and statistical inference • Calculation vs. Critical Thinking • Motivation of Material • Student Assessment • Written Communication • Oral Communication

  7. Course Overview – Statistics and Botany What type of data do we need to answer a question? What is the cost of data? Project- Semester long experiment and analysis of data Connections between plant reproduction and probability

  8. Course Overview – Does Gun Control Save Lives • A wonderfully ambiguous question – subject to interpretation and definition. • Statistically, how would we answer this question? • Activities • 1stDay of Class – Compare a handout from Brady Campaign which rates the states to a handout of firearms crime rates from the Census Bureau. • Project – Compare position papers regarding the expiration of the Assault Weapon Ban. • Learning to differentiate between emotional arguments and statistical arguments.

  9. Integrative Component-Quantitative Reasoning • Data Analysis • Use and misuse of graphical methods • Determining when differences are significant • Identification of bias • Critical Analysis • Teaching students to be skeptics • Analysis of study results • Analysis of position papers

  10. Integrative Component-Writing • Learning to argue a point statistically • 1st paper: Guns are _________ • Final paper: We need more/less gun control. • Article critique • Communicating technical information • Probability and plant reproduction • Article review • Experiment report

  11. Integrative Component-Oral Communication • Final project presentation • Communicate results to the class • Group presentation from current literature • Identify and distill important statistical concepts • Relate material to what has been studied in class

  12. Integrative Component-Statistical Content Question – are the students learning “enough” statistics • INQ 240 is a pre-requisite in college curriculum • Interpretation vs. calculation • Experimental design Can’t we just memorize formulas?

  13. Implementation • Challenges • Planning the course • Teaching outside area of expertise? • Grading and guiding written work • Institutional Support • Tewkesbury workshops • Intradepartmental collaboration • Interdepartmental collaboration

  14. Dr. Chris Lee, clee@roanoke.edu Dr. Adam Childers, childers@roanoke.edu Roanoke College, Salem, VA. Questions? Discussion?

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