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Statistics minus anxiety
Course Code	EDI-10-18/19-P-R
Organised by	The University of Edinburgh
Presenter	Kevin Ralston, Vicky Gorton & Vernon Gayle
Date	16/12/2019
Venue	Room DG/123 York St John University Lord Mayor's Walk, York
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Contact	Laura Marshall 0131 651 3001 L.marshall@ed.ac.uk Working week: Monday - Wednesday
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.
Level	Intermediate (some prior knowledge)
Cost	The fee per teaching day is: • £30 per day for UK/EU registered students • £60 per day for staff at UK/EU academic institutions, UK/EU Research Councils researchers, UK/EU public sector staff and staff at UK/EU registered charity organisations and recognised UK/EU research institutions. • £220 per day for all other participants All fees include event materials, lunch, morning and afternoon tea. They do not include travel and accommodation costs. Cancellation Policy: Please be reminded that you will be charged the full registration fee if you cancel your place within 4 weeks before the training delivery date or you fail to attend. If you are able to fill the place on the course you are cancelling then the cancellation charge will not apply.
Website and registration	http://go.soton.ac.uk/bkb
Region	North East
Keywords	Epistemological anxiety , , , , Pedagogy , , , , Teaching statistics , , , , Quantitative Methods , , ,
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Training and Events

Statistics minus anxiety