Activity-based learning of statistics: Using practical applications to improve students' learning

Chermak, Steven M.; Weiss, Alexander

doi:10.1080/10511259900084671

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“…Regrettably, research methods courses often provoke anxiety in students (Chermak and Weiss, 1999;Moriarty, 1998) and are hindered by a commonly held notion by instructors that many students find integral methodological concepts vague and void of meaning, and find understanding of their practical application elusive (Benson and Blackman, 2003). Such courses, therefore, could benefit from incorporating active learning and autonomous learning-based projects.…”

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Assessing autonomous learning in research methods courses: Implementing the student-driven research project

Vandiver

Walsh

2010

Active Learning in Higher Education

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As empirical assessments of teaching strategies increase in many disciplines and across many different courses, a paucity of such assessment seems to exist in courses devoted to social science research methods. This lack of assessment and evaluation impedes progress in developing successful teaching pedagogy. The teachinglearning issue addressed here incorporates active learning teaching strategies with autonomous student learning. The strategy was implemented in research methods courses with inherently complex material not conducive to passive teaching and learning strategies. This work implemented a pre/post-test assessment of undergraduate students in a research methods course who participated in a semester-long tiered-assignment research project. Findings suggest that students' learning preferences increased over the semester for each type inquired; students felt, upon completion of the semester, that they could conduct a research project if asked to do so; their interest in research methods and appreciation for the subject increased over the semester; and they enjoyed learning about their peers' behavior.

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Section: Research Assessing Active Learning and Autonomous Skillsmentioning

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Assessing autonomous learning in research methods courses: Implementing the student-driven research project

Vandiver

Walsh

2010

Active Learning in Higher Education

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“…Students engaged in active, deep learning are not passively taking in information from instructors but are reading, writing, discussing, and problem solving (Bonwell & Eison, 1991;Litecky, 1998;Prince, 2004). Active learning may be either self-directed or group-directed and is a process consistent with the social constructivist approach in higher learning (Chermak & Weiss, 1999;Prince, 2004).…”

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“…Proponents of this approach argue that student learning is promoted most eff ectively in courses featuring an environment providing opportunities for active learning and knowledge construction and allowing faculty members to "get out of the way," appropriately; this empowers the student and "decenters" the teacher (Berling, 1998;Chermak & Weiss, 1999;Glynn, Aultman, & Owens, 2005;Greek, 1995).…”

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Student Learning and Student Satisfaction in an Interactive Classroom

Lo¹

2010

The Journal of General Education

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“…Several voices echo the challenges of making statistics interesting and relevant to students [2,3], especially when these students are non-specialists [4]. Several pedagogical strategies have been applied to the teaching of statistics such as small group collaboration [5], problem-based learning [6], the use of practical examples [7,8], and distance and virtual education modes [9,10]. Many study programs in engineering and especially computer science include some courses on statistics.…”

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Hostage of the Software: Experiences in Teaching Inferential Statistics to Undergraduate Human-Computer Interaction Students and a Survey of the Literature

Sandnes

Eika

2018

Research on E-Learning and ICT in Education

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Students' knowledge of inferential statistics is lacking in many Computer Science study programs. Yet, the needs for inferential statistic skills have emerged with new fields of study such as human-computer interaction involving observation of human activity. This paper presents experiences teaching inferential statistics to undergraduate computer science students with a focus on the actual goals of the investigations and not the mechanisms and mathematics of statistics. The teaching framework involves teaching statistics as a set of systematic black-box tools.

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Activity-based learning of statistics: Using practical applications to improve students' learning

Cited by 11 publications

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Assessing autonomous learning in research methods courses: Implementing the student-driven research project

Assessing autonomous learning in research methods courses: Implementing the student-driven research project

Student Learning and Student Satisfaction in an Interactive Classroom

Hostage of the Software: Experiences in Teaching Inferential Statistics to Undergraduate Human-Computer Interaction Students and a Survey of the Literature

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