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Ainsley Miller; Kate Pyper – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2024
R is becoming the standard for teaching statistics due to its flexibility, and open-source nature, replacing software programs like Minitab and SPSS. The main driver for reform within Scottish statistical undergraduate programs is the creation of the Scottish Qualification Authority's Higher Applications of Mathematics course which has statistics…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Undergraduate Study, Anxiety, Programming Languages
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Cline, K.; Fasteen, J.; Francis, A.; Sullivan, E.; Wendt, T. – PRIMUS, 2020
We have integrated computer programming instruction into the required courses of our mathematics major. Our majors take a sequence of four courses in their first 2 years, each of which is paired with a weekly 75-minute computer lab period that has a dual purpose of both computationally exploring the mathematical concepts from the lecture portion…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Majors (Students), Programming, Teaching Methods
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Yan, Hongxin; Law, Sandra – Open Praxis, 2013
Failure rates in first year calculus courses are high in most post-secondary institutions across North America and other parts of the world. This Inukshuk-funded open education project involved the development of five stand-alone pre-calculus learning modules. The design and revision phases of this project occurred between the fall of 2007 and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Education, Open Source Technology, Learning Modules