Uga Beyond Classroom Responsibilities Essay
Contribution to teaching at UGA beyond classroom responsibilities
Contribution to teaching at UGA beyond classroom responsibilities
I had been a lab instructor for STAT 2000—Introductory Statistics—for more than two years. This is a very large class consists of several sections and altogether there are usually about 1200-1400 students per semester. Each section is composed of 30-150 students, and there are 3-6 instructors to cover the sections. When I was a lab TA for this course, I observed that students always perform worse in the second and third test. The Second test covers topics of various probabilities such as marginal probability, conditional probability, etc. The third test covers topics of inferential statistics such one-sample …show more content…
An average student can easily follow and understand statistics without receiving minimal help. I also explained the course topics by presenting real-life examples and pertain the topics to the problems that a student faces everyday life. For example, the amount of money a student spends for everyday breakfast and how this expenditure can be explained in terms of statistical topics such as mean, median, and mode. How can one observe that whether the expenditures are significantly higher or lower or different than a normal students’ expenditure by performing hypothesis test and confidence interval? From my experience, I see that if students can relate any technical materials with the practical problems, they can follow and understand well. It is also easier for an instructor to make the materials understandable to the students. For example, when I begin the topic of the hypothesis test, I discuss how a court trial begins, continues, and concludes with a final decision from the judge, and put this process in the context of hypothesis testing. I presented numerous examples and stories that also include personal and historical events throughout the semester to facilitate the students’ understanding so that the students and
Contribution to teaching at UGA beyond classroom responsibilities
I had been a lab instructor for STAT 2000—Introductory Statistics—for more than two years. This is a very large class consists of several sections and altogether there are usually about 1200-1400 students per semester. Each section is composed of 30-150 students, and there are 3-6 instructors to cover the sections. When I was a lab TA for this course, I observed that students always perform worse in the second and third test. The Second test covers topics of various probabilities such as marginal probability, conditional probability, etc. The third test covers topics of inferential statistics such one-sample …show more content…
An average student can easily follow and understand statistics without receiving minimal help. I also explained the course topics by presenting real-life examples and pertain the topics to the problems that a student faces everyday life. For example, the amount of money a student spends for everyday breakfast and how this expenditure can be explained in terms of statistical topics such as mean, median, and mode. How can one observe that whether the expenditures are significantly higher or lower or different than a normal students’ expenditure by performing hypothesis test and confidence interval? From my experience, I see that if students can relate any technical materials with the practical problems, they can follow and understand well. It is also easier for an instructor to make the materials understandable to the students. For example, when I begin the topic of the hypothesis test, I discuss how a court trial begins, continues, and concludes with a final decision from the judge, and put this process in the context of hypothesis testing. I presented numerous examples and stories that also include personal and historical events throughout the semester to facilitate the students’ understanding so that the students and