This paper is from Session 6F: Service learning and statistics: integrating statistics education into the workplace

which comes under Topic 6: Statistics education, training and the workplace

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(Thursday 15th, 14:00-16:00)

Combining on- and off-campus service-learning in a statistics methods course

Presenter

• Debra Hydorn (Univ of Mary Washington, United States)

Abstract

Many models for implementing service-learning are possible, but the issue of meeting the needs of a community service organization within an academic time frame must be considered regardless of which model is chosen. Organizational deadlines that occur too early or too late in a course can minimize the contribution of the service project to students’ learning. Expanding the definition of ‘community’ to include the academic community allows the possibility of working with student, faculty and administrative ‘clients’ across campus whose data analysis needs may agree better with the time frame available during a single course. Service-learning in this expanded definition of community can meet the necessary criteria for academic service learning: relevant and meaningful service within the community, enhanced academic learning, and purposeful civic learning.

Other papers under session 6F ... 6F2: Service-learning for statistics students in the global health arena 6F3: STATCOM @ UHASSELT: yet another benefit for all parties 6F4: Promoting opportunities for statistics service-learning at a large...