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Taasoobshirazi, Gita; Wagner, Madeleine; Brown, Austin; Copeland, Colene – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2022
The widely used Draw a Scientist Test was revised to focus on statistics and 110 Elementary Statistics students were asked to draw a statistician. In addition, to better understand students' drawings and have some relative comparison, 173 College Algebra students were asked to draw a mathematician. A detailed analysis of students' images and…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Professional Personnel, Freehand Drawing, Stereotypes
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Duffus, Dwight; Olifer, Andrei – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2010
We describe two sets of courses designed to enhance the mathematical, statistical, and computational training of life science undergraduates at Emory College. The first course is an introductory sequence in differential and integral calculus, modeling with differential equations, probability, and inferential statistics. The second is an…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Probability, Calculus, Introductory Courses