Xiang Meng
My work with the pedagogy course included practice teaching and concept discussions. While students appreciated practice teaching more, concept discussions were also useful. Student surveys showed improvement in visual aids use, pacing, and confidence. I conducted the survey on why teaching matters in statistics to motivate G1s and help G2+ and faculty reflect on their values. The results showed that teaching has taught people communication, humility, insight, and statistics. As teachers, participants in the survey said that they learned to aim for deep understanding and see statistics ideas from many perspectives. Teaching is important to help students become statistically well-educated citizens.
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