Beverly L Wood
- Title
- Associate Professor, College of Arts & Sciences; Associate Department Chair, Mathematics, Science and Technology
- Beverly.Wood@erau.edu Email
- Department
- Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology
- College
- College of Arts & Sciences
Biography
Dr. Beverly Wood has been teaching statistics since 2004 and mathematics since 2009. She was an adjunct instructor at an adult learning center, two selective universities, and a community college before completing her doctoral degree. After three years on the full-time faculty of a state college, she joined Embry-Riddle in the fall of 2015.
Dr. Wood worked in various administrative positions prior to her graduate education. Duties have included inventory control, purchasing, budgeting, and project management in the areas of healthcare, light industrial assembly, and consumer products manufacturing. Combined with her graduate degrees in mathematics education, she is well suited for teaching statistics to business students. Graduate teaching duties included tutoring for remedial algebra and teaching mathematics for pre-service elementary school teachers. She now teaches a wide range of mathematics and statistics courses.
In 2016 the American Statistical Association endorsed a new version of its Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education: College Report (GAISE) after four years of effort by the writing team which included Dr. Wood. She was active in virtual and in-person opportunities first to collect input then to disseminate the results. She is also participating in efforts to reach instructors at community and technical colleges who are less likely to be aware of modern standards for statistics education. Beginning in January 2019, she served a three-year term on the Executive Committee for the ASA's Section on Statistical Education.
She is a co-PI on two NSF-funded IUSE grants: Humanistic STEM (#2120807) and Community of Inquiry/Cognitive Load (#2044302). H-STEM focuses on the dependencies between the meta-disciplines of Humanities and STEM to highlight the need for both in educated citizens/employees. CoI/CL investigates the role that cognitive load plays into the higher-than-average DFW rates in online STEM courses.
Married with two adult children, Dr. Wood lives in Virginia where her husband, Cary, is an IT Specialist for Shenandoah National Park. She has lived in eight states, partly due to her husband’s Air Force service, and has visited 49 states - Hawaii yet to go. She and Cary love to travel and hope to add Asia (during their daughter’s dissertation research) to their ever-expanding list of continents visited. In 2017, she made university trips to Brazil, which brought the country count to 22; a return visit in 2018 included personal travel to Machu Picchu via El Salvador. The couple delayed a Hawaiian cruise due to the pandemic but already re-booked for 2022.
Education
- Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Education: Mathematics Education, University of Virginia-Main Campus
- M.S. - Master of Science in Mathematics Education, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
- B.S. - Bachelor of Science in Mathematics: Math Programing, The University of Tampa
Currently Teaching
- MATH 106: Basic Algebra & Trigonometry
- HUMN 333: Fiction Film PopCultr Rep Math
Courses Taught
MATH 106 – Basic Algebra & Trigonometry
MATH 111 – Precalculus for Aviation
MATH 201 – Learning to Reason: Art & Quotient
MATH 202 – Learning to Reason: Commerce & Flux
MATH 412 – Introduction to Probability & Statistics
STAT 211 – Statistics with Aviation Applications
STAT 222 – Business Statistics
STAT 320 – Decision Mathematics
HUMN 333 – Fiction Film PopCultr Rep Math
Research Projects
- Comparison of Grades Based on Learning Mode: How Learning Environment Impacts Grades
- A Comparison of Online and Traditional Undergraduate Introductory Physics
- A Comparison of Online and Traditional Chemistry Lecture and Lab
- Improving Undergraduate Student Persistence, Performance, and Perspectives in Online STEM Courses via a Community of Inquiry and Decreasing Students' Cognitive Load
Publications
- Infusing Humanities in STEM Education: Student Opinions of Disciplinary Connections in an Introductory Chemistry Course John Griffith (2021)
- A Comparison of Online and Traditional Chemistry Lecture and Lab John Griffith (2021)
- A Comparison of Online, Video Synchronous, and Traditional Learning Modes for an Introductory Undergraduate Physics Course John Griffith (2021)
- An Investigation of the Relationship Between Grades and Learning Modes in an Introductory Research Methods Course John Griffith (2021)
- A Comparison of Online, Video Synchronous, and Traditional Learning Modes for an Introductory Undergraduate Physics Course Emily Faulconer (2021)
- Infusing Humanities in STEM Education: Student Opinions of Disciplinary Connections in an Introductory Chemistry Course Emily Faulconer (2021)
- Formative Assessment Techniques for Online Learning Emily Faulconer (2021)
- An Investigation of the Relationship Between Grades and Learning Modes in an Introductory Research Methods Course Emily Faulconer (2020)
- Infusing Humanities in STEM Education: Student Opinions of Disciplinary Connections in an Introductory Chemistry Course Publications (2020)
- Seeing and Understanding Data Publications (2019)
- Formative Assessment Techniques for Online Learning Publications (2019)
- An Investigation of the Relationship Between Grades and Learning Modes in an Introductory Research Methods Course Publications (2019)
- E-Cigarette Nicotine Deposition and Persistence on Glass and Cotton Surfaces Cheri Marcham (2019)
- An Investigation of the Relationship Between Grades and Learning Modes in an Introductory Research Methods Course [SUBMITTED, NOT YET PUBLISHED] Soumyadip Acharyya (2019)
- What Is Humanistic STEM and Why Do We Need It? Publications (2019)
- GAISEing into the NEW Guidelines Beverly Wood (2018)
- Real Data is Messy... and Manageable Beverly Wood (2018)
- Multivariate Thinking in an Intro Stats Course \u2013 Is it Possible? Beverly Wood (2018)
- GAISE Into the Future: Updating a Landmark Report for an Increasingly Data-Centric World Beverly Wood (2018)
- The GAISE College Report: The American Statistical Association Meets Sound Pedagogy in Central Virginia Beverly Wood (2018)
- A Study of Video-Mediated Opportunities for Self-Directed Learning in Required Core Curriculum Beverly Wood (2018)
- Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE) College Report 2016 Beverly Wood (2018)
- Updated Guidelines, Updated Curriculum: the Gaise College Report and Introductory Statistics for the Modern Student Beverly Wood (2018)
- Quality Function Deployment and Proactive Quality Techniques Applied to University Lectures to Improve Student Feedback Beverly Wood (2018)
- A Comparison of Online, Video Synchronous, and Traditional Learning Modes for an Introductory Undergraduate Physics Course Soumyadip Acharyya (2018)
- A Comparison of Online, Video Synchronous, and Traditional Learning Modes for an Introductory Undergraduate Physics Course John Griffith (2018)
- A Comparison of Online, Video Synchronous, and Traditional Learning Modes for an Introductory Undergraduate Physics Course Beverly Wood (2018)
- Updated Guidelines, Updated Curriculum: the Gaise College Report and Introductory Statistics for the Modern Student Publications (2018)
- Quality Function Deployment and Proactive Quality Techniques Applied to University Lectures to Improve Student Feedback Ian McAndrew (2018)
- A Comparison of Online and Traditional Chemistry Lecture and Lab Soumyadip Acharyya (2018)
- A Comparison of Online and Traditional Chemistry Lecture and Lab Beverly Wood (2018)
- A Comparison of Online and Traditional Chemistry Lecture and Lab Beverly Wood (2018)
- A Comparison of Online and Traditional Chemistry Lecture and Lab Publications (2018)
- Seeing and Understanding Data: A Mini-Primary Source Project for Students of Statistics Publications (2018)
- A Comparison of Online, Video Synchronous, and Traditional Learning Modes for an Introductory Undergraduate Physics Course Publications (2018)
- A Comparison of Online and Traditional Chemistry Lecture and Lab John Griffith (2017)
- A Comparison of Online and Traditional Chemistry Lecture and Lab Emily Faulconer (2017)
- Strategy Precedes Operational Effectiveness: Aligning High Graduation Rankings With Competitive Graduation Grade Point Averages Beverly Wood (2017)
- Quality Function Deployment and Proactive Quality Techniques Applied to University Lectures to Improve Student Feedback Publications (2017)
- Real Data is Messy... and Manageable Publications (2017)
- A Study of Video-Mediated Opportunities for Self-Directed Learning in Required Core Curriculum Publications (2017)
- Video-Mediated Opportunities for Self-Directed Learning in Undergraduate Research Methodology Courses Publications (2016)
- Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE) College Report 2016 Publications (2016)
- GAISEing into the NEW Guidelines Publications (2016)
- Multivariate Thinking in an Intro Stats Course \u2013 Is it Possible? Publications (2016)
- GAISE Into the Future: Updating a Landmark Report for an Increasingly Data-Centric World Publications (2015)
- Implementing the Common Core\u2019s Promise of Bringing Statistical Curricula into Line with Recommendations of NCTM, MAA, & GAISE Publications (2014)
- Strategy Precedes Operational Effectiveness: Aligning High Graduation Rankings With Competitive Graduation Grade Point Averages Publications (2014)
- GAISE in Discipline-Specific Courses Publications (2013)
- The GAISE College Report: The American Statistical Association Meets Sound Pedagogy in Central Virginia Publications (2012)
- An Investigation of the Relationship Between Grades and Learning Modes in an Introductory Research Methods Course John Griffith
- A Comparison of Online, Video Synchronous, and Traditional Learning Modes for an Introductory Undergraduate Physics Course Emily Faulconer
User Publications
Faulconer, E.K.., Griffith, J.C., Wood, B.L., Acharyya, S., & Roberts, D.L. (2018). A comparison of online and traditional chemistry lecture and lab, Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 19(1), 392-397. DOI: 10.1039/C7RP00173H
Wood, B.L., Mocko, M., Everson, M., Horton, N.J., & Velleman, P. (2018). Updated guidelines, updated curriculum: the GAISE College Report and introductory statistics for the modern student. CHANCE, 31(1), 53-59.
Memberships and Credentials
American Statistical Association
Mathematical Association of America
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
National Numeracy Network
Northeast Modern Language Association