Re: Comments about my syllabus

2000-06-18 Thread dennis roberts
At 07:34 AM 6/18/00 -0400, SM wrote: >Two issues that may not be clear on the syllabus: > >1) I prohibit students from using a computer until they have solved the >equation by hand first. I have discovered that students do much better >on exams when they have done the math. For example, I can as

Comments about my syllabus

2000-06-18 Thread SM
Howdy, I am not a subscriber of this listserv, but was invited to post by E. Jacquelin Dietz, editor of THE JOURNAL OF STATISTICS EDUCATION. I am a social worker (MSW with a Ph.D. in Sociology) and I teach two sections of statistics (to social work and criminal justice majors) at a small college