Contributed Paper C302
In session C7F (Wednesday 11th, 9:30-10:30, Level 2 - Medium Conference Room)Can a three-day intensive statistics boot camp increase graduate students' core knowledge and self-efficacy?
Authors
Brian Leventhal (James Madison University, U.S.A.)S. Jeanne Horst (James Madison University, U.S.A.)
Derek Sauder (James Madison University, U.S.A.)
Karen Ford (James Madison University, U.S.A.)
Presenter
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Abstract
Given our experience with graduate students’ unpreparedness for their intermediate statistics course, we developed an intense three-day statistics refresher “boot camp,” a type of bridge course. In this study we explored the impact of the boot camp on students’ introductory statistics knowledge and self-efficacy towards introductory statistics concepts knowledge. Boot camp participants experienced an average increase of 10% in statistics knowledge and 18% in self-efficacy scores. After enrolling in their intermediate graduate statistics course, boot camp participants were found to have higher statistical knowledge and self-efficacy scores compared to their non-boot camp classmates.