Incorporating Academic Service Learning Projects and Model-Eliciting Activities into Introduction to Statistics

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4-16-2013

Abstract

The Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education College Report (Aliaga, et. al., 2010) encourages the use of conceptual understanding, active learning, and the use of technology for analysis of real data in introductory statistics courses. Academic Service Learning (ASL) projects combine what students are learning in class through a project that serves their community (Hadlock, 2005). Model-Eliciting Activities (MEA) present students with data and ask them to construct a shareable model (Lesh, et. al., 2000). In this quasi-experimental study ASL and MEA projects were implemented in STAT 216 during the summer of 2011. Comparisons of the effectiveness of project on student learning of statistics and their attitudes toward the relevance and usefulness of statistics were conducted. This talk will present the findings of this research project and discuss its implications to the teaching and research of college level introductory statistics courses.

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Tuesday, 16 April 2013
10:10 a.m. in Math 103
11:00 a.m. Refreshments in Math Lounge 109

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