Course Goals and Strategy

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Course Goals and Strategy

• Psychology 310

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Administrative Issues

• Meeting Times
• Grading
• Office Hours
• Course TA
• Microcomputer Statistics Lab

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Course Strategies and Philosophy

• Taking stat vs. studying statistics
• The forest and the trees
• Visual coding rules
• Conceptual ordering

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Course Rules

• Mastery Approach
• Mutual Support
• Alert Interaction
• Inclusiveness
• Recognition of Heterogeneity

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Special Challenges

• Heterogeneity of background
• Fears about mathematics
• Time Constraints

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Potential Benefits

• Higher level understanding
• Better access to advanced courses
• Methodological empowerment
• Vs. the high priest syndrome
• Vs. the methodological bully
• Avoiding critical mistakes