Teaching with Statistics Education Digital Libraries

Teaching with Statistics Education Digital Libraries

Ginger Holmes Rowell

Middle Tennessee State University

Joint Statistical Meetings

Salt Lake City, 2007

Overview

• Technology: CAUSEweb/MERLOT Digital Library for Statistics Education

• Changes in teaching:– Teaching & Learning Cycle (TLC)– Interaction with students– Hurdles of implementation (Searching &

Finding)– Advantages of implementation

Technology

• Digital Library for Statistics Education

– CAUSEweb

– MERLOT

CAUSE

Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education

www.CAUSEweb.org

• Digital Library for Undergraduate Statistics Education

• CAUSEway workshops

• USCOTS

• Webinars

• Future Opportunities (keep checking this website.)

• Getting Started

• Guidelines for Research

• Readings & Publications

• Literature Index

• Dissertations

• Working Groups

Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching

www.merlot.org

Teaching

• Changes in teaching:–Teaching & Learning Cycle (TLC)– Interaction with students– Hurdles of implementation (Searching &

Finding)– Advantages of implementation

Teaching & Learning CyclePowerPoint slidesReference

MaterialsHistoryDemonstrations:

o Appletso Videoso Simulations

Teacher-directed assessmentso Laboratorieso Homework Problems

Self-directed assessmentso Immediate Feedback

Data SetsCase StudiesGuided

DemosSimulationsLaboratoriesAppletsTutorials

Assess

Explore

Lecture

An in-class activity from the STAR Library can help

introduce the concept of regression.

Applets like this one from SticiGui Java Tools allow students to explore changes in the data to see how they affect the regression line.

Using self-tests like this one from Biometry: Statistics for Ecology, students can submit their answers and receive immediate feedback regarding questions answered correctly and questions or topics needing improvement.

TLC: Regression

Assess

Explore

Lecture

http://www.causeweb.org/repository/StarLibrary/activities/buskirk_young2001/

TLC: RegressionLecture

Using StatCrunch

http://www.statcrunch.com/

TLC: Regression

http://stat-www.berkeley.edu/~stark/Java/Html/Correlation.htm

Explore

http://aerg.canberra.edu.au/cgi-bin/tiegen?/share/www/envirostats/bm/L6/ffq12.tie

Assess

TLC: Regression

The Intuitor site contains an

introduction to hypothesis testing,

relating it to what happens at a criminal

trial.

DIGSTATS contains examples and data sets, like the one below about Acid Rain.

The ARTIST database contains questions classified by topic and learning outcomes.

TLC: Hypothesis Testing

Assess

Explore

Lecture

http://www.cvgs.k12.va.us/DIGSTATS/Sitemap.html

DIG Stats

https://ore.gen.umn.edu/artist/index.html

ARTIST: Assessment Resource Tools for Improving Statistical Thinking

Login: [email protected]

Password: ginger123

Teaching

• Changes in teaching:– Teaching & Learning Cycle (TLC)

– Interaction with students– Hurdles of implementation (Searching &

Finding)– Advantages of implementation

Student Interaction

• Minimal change to student interactions

• Less lecture / more activities• Potential for more on-line

interactions• Potential for on-line instruction

–MERLOT Personal Collections

Teaching

• Changes in teaching:– Teaching & Learning Cycle (TLC)– Interaction with students

–Hurdles of implementation (Searching & Finding)

– Advantages of implementation

Searching & Finding Resources

• Ways to Search in CAUSEweb Browse Categories– Material Type– Statistical Topic– Regular Search– Advanced Search

• Example

Searching in MERLOT

Searching in MERLOT

Searching Browse Categories: Material Type

•Lecture Examples•Laboratories•Out-of-class•Teaching Tips•Datasets•Analysis Tools•Curriculum•Humor•Building Blocks•Multimedia

Searching Browse Categories: Statistical Topic

Searching: Regular Search

• CAUSEweb Search Tools– Keywords

• Statistical Topic• Material Type• Application Area (i.e. subject)• Resource Type• Object Format

Searching: Advanced Search

Searching: Application Areas

• Agriculture• Art and Music• Astronomy• Biology• Business• Chemistry• Computer

Science• Engineering

• Geology• Health Science• Humanities• Mathematics• Physics• Political Science• Psychology• Sociology• Sports and Games

Searching: Resource Types

• Animation• Case Study• Collection• Drill and

Practice• Lecture/

Presentation

• Quiz/Test• Reference

Materials• Simulation• Sound• Tutorial• Webpage

For the Record

On the Record

Related (or Companion) Items are Identified

Case Study Example

National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science: National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science: http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/markov/markov.html

MERLOT Personal Collection

Teaching

• Changes in teaching:– Teaching & Learning Cycle (TLC)– Interaction with students– Hurdles of implementation (Searching &

Finding)

–Advantages of implementation

Teaching

• Advantages of Implementation:– Using Teaching/Learning Cycle with

Statistics Education Digital Library• More activities• Always thinking about assessment

– MERLOT Personal Collection• Organizational advantage• Record for future classes