Andrew S. Zieffler

My research interests are in the teaching and learning of statistics. I am also interested in measurement and assessment as it relates to statistics education research. A further interest if mine is in statistical computing and in thinking about different ways to integrate computing into the statistics curriculum. I am currently a co-PI on two National Science Foundation (NSF) funded projects. One is to develop and evaluate an innovative, model-based curriculum for introductory statistics (CATALST). The other is to develop a survey of statistics teachers’ practices and beliefs (STEPS).

Are you interested in finding a graduate program in statistics education?

• Courses in statistical education
• Degrees in educational psychology—statistics education concentration within the quantitative methods in education track

Courses I teach

• EPSY 3264—Basic and Applied Statistics
• EPSY 8261—Statistical Methods I: Probability and Inference
• EPSY 8262—Statistical Methods II: Regression and the General Linear Model

Publications

1. Garfield, J., delMas, R., and Zieffler, A. (in press). Assessing Important Learning Outcomes in Introductory Tertiary Statistics Courses. In P. Bidgood, N. Hunt, F. Jolliffe (Eds.). Assessment Methods in Statistical Education: An International Perspective, Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Presentations

1. Garfield, J., delMas, R., and Zieffler, A. (in press). Assessing Important Learning Outcomes in Introductory Tertiary Statistics Courses. In P. Bidgood, N. Hunt, F. Jolliffe (Eds.). Assessment Methods in Statistical Education: An International Perspective, Wiley & Sons Ltd.

2. Zieffler, A., & Garfield, J. (in press). Modeling the growth of students covariational reasoning during an introductory statistics course. Statistics Education Research Journal.

3. Everson, M., Zieffler, A., & Garfield, J. (2008). Implementing new reform guidelines in teaching introductory college statistics courses. Teaching Statistics, 30(3), 66-70.

4. Zieffler, A., Garfield, J., Alt, S., Dupuis, D., Holleque, K., & Chang, B. (2008). What does research suggest about the teaching and learning of introductory statistics at the college level? A review of the literature. Journal of Statistics Education, 16(2). http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v16n2/zieffler.html

5. Zieffler, A., Garfield, J., delMas, R. (2008). A framework to support research on informal inferential reasoning. Statistics Education Research Journal. 7(2), 40-58. http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/serj/SERJ7(2)_Zieffler.pdf