Statistics minus anxiety

Date:

16/12/2019

Organised by:

The University of Edinburgh

Presenter:

Kevin Ralston, Vicky Gorton & Vernon Gayle

Level:

Intermediate (some prior knowledge)

Contact:

Laura Marshall
0131 651 3001
L.marshall@ed.ac.uk
Working week: Monday - Wednesday

Map:

View in Google Maps  (YO31 7EX)

Venue:

Room DG/123
York St John University
Lord Mayor's Walk, York

Description:

This is a course aimed those teaching quantitative research methods (QM). Anxiety about maths and/or statistics is often considered a key barrier to learning quantitative methods in the social sciences and more widely.

 

This course provides an integrated and comprehensive framework that practitioners can use to inform teachers’ pedagogy and mitigate anxiety.

 

The course introduces practitioners to evidenced strategies and tactics that have been shown to help teach those with statistics anxiety.

 

Recent research is also highlighted to provide frameworks from which to build a pedagogical approach that acknowledges statistics anxiety in learners.

Cost:

This event carries no registration fee to attend.

Website and registration:

Region:

North East

Keywords:

Quantitative Data Handling and Data Analysis, Epistemological anxiety , Pedagogy , Teaching statistics , Quantitative Methods

Related publications and presentations:

Quantitative Data Handling and Data Analysis

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