This is a session of Topic 4: Statistics education at the post secondary (tertiary) level
(Tuesday 13th, 16:30-18:00)
Learning statistics through projects
Organizer
- Nicholas Horton (United States)
Abstract
Projects are an effective way to broaden student understanding of the intellectual content and applicability of statistics. The use of real interdisciplinary datasets, challenging problems and group work can help bridge the gap from smaller, focused textbook problems to real-world investigations. Projects and guided activities play a key role in post-secondary introductory and intermediate courses, as they help to communicate the complexity and excitement of statistics as a field of study as well as prepare students for research.Papers
| Paper | Title | Presenter(s) / Author(s) |
| 4G1 | Incorporating a research experience into an early undergraduate statistics course | Shonda Kuiper (United States) |
| 4G2 | Student discovery projects in data analysis | Mike Forster (New Zealand) Helen MacGillivray (Australia) |
| 4G3 | Formulating statistical questions and implementing statistics projects in an introductory applied statistics course | Katherine Halvorsen (United States) |