This paper is from Session 5D: The use of innovative technologies to enhance assessment of statistical knowledge

which comes under Topic 5: Assessment in statistics education

Other papers under session 5D ... 5D1: Statistics assessment: the good, the bad, and the ugly 5D2: Issues for the assessment and measurement of statistical...

(Friday 16th, 11:00-12:30)

Technologies for enhancing project assessment in large classes

Presenter

• Michael Bulmer (University of Queensland, Australia)

Abstract

The use of technology in statistics assessment is widespread. These uses include assessment tasks that are moderated by technology, such as formative or summative online quizzes, as well as the more fundamental empowerment of students to be able to tackle realistic data sets and more sophisticated modelling in their assessment tasks through technology. In this paper we identify and survey a third role of technology, supporting project assessment in large classes, and give two key examples of this. The first will be the use of virtual environments to engage students with statistics in context, including issues in experimental design and measurement. The second will look at using technology to enable a one-day statistics conference where each student in a class of eight hundred can give a ten-minute oral presentation on the use of statistics in scientific research.

Other papers under session 5D ... 5D1: Statistics assessment: the good, the bad, and the ugly 5D2: Issues for the assessment and measurement of statistical...