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Judith Watson

Judith Watson - Australian School of Business 
Bachelor of Commerce and Master of Higher Education, UNSW

Lecturer, Grievance Resolution Officer, MCom Coordinator

Phone:

+61 2 9385 3285 

Fax:

+61 2 9313 6337 

Room:

3126 

Address:

Quadrangle building

Judith Watson has been a lecturer in the School of Economics for many years and has also served as the faculty's academic adviser.  She has taught quantitative courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.


Since initiating the Peer Assistance Support Scheme (PASS) in 1996 in first year quantitative methods courses, she has been a long term co-ordinator of the successful program.  She has a keen interest in learning and teaching development.  Recently this has resulted in her developing a number of online Adaptive eLearning Tutorials on topics in business mathematics and statistics.

 

Judith’s contributions to teaching and student support have been recognised by several awards. The Australian School of Business presented her with its Outstanding Teaching Innovation Award in 2007 and the Bill Birkett Award for Teaching Excellence in 2012.  Most recently she received the University’s top award for teaching, the 2012 UNSW Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence.

 

Her current research is in the area of the student learning experience in quantitative courses.

 

Publications

Selected publications

 

  • Angus, S.D. and Watson, J. (2009) 'Does regular online testing enhance student learning in the numerical sciences? Robust evidence from a large data set' British Journal of Educational Technology Vol 40 No 2, 255-272
  • Watson, J. (2000) 'A peer assistance support scheme (PASS) for first year core subjects,' Conference Proceedings, 4 th Pacific Rim First Year in Higher Education Conference: Creating Futures for a New Millenium , July 5-7, 2000. Brisbane: QUT
  • Watson, J. & Barber,T. (1997) 'Overseas and migrant students in Economics: Are we addressing their needs?', Australian Economic Papers, Australian Economics Education Special Issue, September, 94-99
  • Watson, J. (1997) 'Supporting the learning of international students: Strategies in use at UNSW,' Research and Development in Higher Education Vol.20. Advancing International Perspectives: Proceedings of the 1997 Annual Conference of the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA). Adelaide: HERDSA, 750-756
  • Watson, J. (1996) 'Peer assisted learning in Economics at the University of New South Wales,' 4 th Annual Teaching Economics Conference Proceedings . June 28, 1996 . Darwin: Northern Territory University, 95-104
  • Watson, J. & Barber, T. (1995) 'Staff perceptions of the learning difficulties of students from non-English speaking backgrounds', The Changing University: Proceedings of the UNSW Education '95 Conference, November 8-9, 1995. Sydney: Professional Development Centre, UNSW, 101-116

 

Textbooks

 

  • Berenson, M.L., Levine, D., Krehbiel, T.C., Stephan, D. F., O’Brien, M., Jayne, N. and Watson, J. (2013) Business statistics: concepts and applications, Pearson Education Australia, Frenchs Forest, NSW 2nd ed.
  • Berenson, M.L., Levine, D., Krehbiel, T.C., Stephan, D. F., O’Brien, M., Jayne, N. and Watson, J. (2013) Basic business statistics: concepts and applications, Pearson Education Australia, Frenchs Forest, NSW, 3rd ed.

 

Monograph

 

  • Watson, J. (2002) Managing Mathematics: A Refresher Course for Economics and Commerce Students, School of Economics, University of New South Wales, 2 nd ed

Research interests

  • Economics education

Research grants

Software development

 

Adaptive eLearning tutorials on

  • Lines and inequalities
  • Linear programming
  • The normal distribution
  • Hypothesis testing
  • Regression analysis

 

Developed in conjunction with the Adaptive eLearning Research Group, UNSW now trading as Smart Sparrow Pty Ltd.

 Courses taught

  • COMM5005 Quantitative Methods for Business
  • COMM5011 Data Analysis for Business
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