EPSY 5272—Statistics Teaching Internship
Offered: fall and spring semesters
3 credits
Instructor: Joan Garfield
Professor of Educational Psychology
Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Statistics
612-625-0337, jbg@umn.edu
Course objectives
The purpose of the Statistics Teaching Internship is to provide
students in the statistics education area of concentration with
appropriate preparation to teach undergraduate statistics courses
with supervision. Students will prepare, teach, be observed, and
also reflect on/evaluate their teaching experience.
Prior to internship:
- Preparation as a TA during a term prior to teaching or sitting in
on 3264 or 5261 for one semester prior to the internship.
- Complete EPSY 5271—Becoming a Teacher of Statistics.
During the internship:
- Teach a section of undergraduate statistics with supervision.
- Meet regularly with other instructors and TAs.
- Read appropriate papers from the literature related to teaching as
directed by supervisor.
- Have two classroom observations by the internship supervisor.
- Prepare and submit a teaching portfolio.
Student assignments
Students will put together a course teaching portfolio. The
portfolio will include the course syllabus, sample handouts, sample
activities, samples of student work, and a reflection paper on the
teaching experience. These materials will be graded on an S/N basis.
Revised August 2003
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