Using Intuitive Knowledge to Teach Probability and Statistics in a Collegiate Math Course
Join Brian Rickard as he shares strategies for using intuitive knowledge to teach probability and statistics.
Dr. Brian Rickard, University of Arkansas
Probability and statistics exist in context throughout students’ lived experience. Join Brian Rickard as he discusses using that intuitive knowledge along with mathematical language and formulae to help students tackle this topic. Learn how Brian uses real-world examples and layers in student participation to engage students and enliven this topic in the classroom.
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About the speakers
Dr. Brian Rickard, University of Arkansas
Brian Rickard earned a BS in mathematics, MEd in higher education, and a PhD in educational statistics and research methods from the University of Arkansas. He joined the faculty of the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas in 2009 where he is currently a teaching assistant professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences. In 2013, he was chosen to coordinate and overhaul the finite mathematics course into a flipped course and later an online course. He has created over 170 mathematics videos currently in use in Pearson products and conducts research in competing risks analysis, retention and graduation, and university tutoring centers.