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A New Look to Statistics in the Classroom

Explore how service-learning and critical thinking can enhance statistical inference in addressing child abuse, with a focus on real-world applications and community engagement.

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A New Look to Statistics in the Classroom

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  1. A New Look to Statistics in the Classroom Professor Laura Shick, Hayden Campbell, and Genevieve Watkins

  2. “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” Albert Einstein

  3. Service Learning and Critical Thinking: Introductory Statistical Inference • Work with a community partner • Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect • Assistance with analysis of effectiveness of Family Life Skills class • Pre-post measures of participant knowledge of parenting “skills”

  4. Service-Learning • Fosters Civic and Community engagement • Builds students awareness of community issues • Needs, challenges, opportunities for involvement • Allows students to apply classroom learning to real-world issues in the community

  5. Critical Thinking Encourages Students to….. • Challenge their assumptions about an issue • Child Abuse is……. • Analyze a multi-dimensional problem • Synthesize alternative solutions to multi-dimensional challenges and communicate those results

  6. The Community Partner • The organization has been serving since the early 1990’s • Goal is to educate parents on successful parenting practices • Keeping children safe • Keeping families together

  7. Working with the Community Partner • Immediate real-world application with Statistical Analysis • We encountered: • Lack of a representative population size • Ambiguous questionnaire • Statistical significance vs. practical significance • A real problem in our society: Child Abuse • Not just physical abuse (emotional, psychological, verbal)

  8. Results and Conclusions Drawn • Matched-Pair Testing • Showed significant, positive change • Seemed to show improvement, but lacked practicality

  9. The Classroom Experience • Approach to statistics was a success • Brought application to the classroom • Enabled students to gain a real-world perspective on statistics • Great learning opportunity for both client and students

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