This paper is from Session 1H: Data science, technology and the future
which comes under Topic 1: Statistics education: Looking back, looking forward
Paper 1H3 (Tuesday 10th, 16:00-17:30)
Using Web Apps in the classroom
Presenter
- Sharleen Forbes (StatEd Consultancy, New Zealand)
Co-authors
- Bryndl Hohmann-Marriott (University of Otago, New Zealand)
- John Harraway (University of Otago, New Zealand)
Abstract
Web Apps in statistics/ official statistics were first mooted at ICOTS9. Two New Zealand academics, an IT support person, the director and web-master from the UK Royal Statistical Society Centre for Statistical Education working together created three apps: Measuring Price Change, Comparing Populations and Graph It In Excel. They are sited on the Resources Page of the International Statistical Literacy Project website, freely available for use by individuals or in the classroom and contain information about the subject including videos, interactive visualisations, links to other websites and structured examples designed for self-teaching. Teachers' and students' perceptions of the apps in three different teaching environments in New Zealand are given: a two-day course for policy analysts, an across-university statistics honours course and a third year sociology course.