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Setting the Tone from Day 1: Engaging Activities for Teaching Statistics

Join Dr. Larry Lesser in this webinar on January 24, 2012, based on his paper in the Journal of Statistics Education. Discover instructional strategies and activities that set the tone for a successful statistics course. Explore problem-based learning, individual and group reflections, and whole class discussions. Adapt these activities for different class sizes, time periods, and courses.

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Setting the Tone from Day 1: Engaging Activities for Teaching Statistics

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  1. happy new year and welcome to…“Setting the Tone from Day 1”CAUSEweb Activity Webinar January 24, 2012 based on Lesser/Kephart paper in Nov. 2011 J. of Statistics Education (partial support from NSF DUE-0618861) Dr. Larry Lesser, Professor The University of Texas at El Paso

  2. instructional cycle* Lesser & Kephart (2011) Problem is presented Initial Individual Reflection Small Group (3-4 students each) discussion Whole Class Discussion (with instructor as facilitator and co-learner) optional: further individual reflection * variation on “think-pair-share” or “1-2-4-whole group” structures

  3. a good problem… • Has context relevant to student backgrounds • Has minimal (math) prerequisites • Is efficient to pose • Is efficient to compute (e.g., simple numbers; Lesser, 2011) • Will be revisited/deepened later in course • Is open to multiple approaches, representations, interpretations • Stimulates habits of mind/questioning • Shows statistics as “numbers with a context” • May reveal a misconception

  4. For the following problems… • Try it yourself • Try it as you imagine your students might • Consider what assumptions are being (perhaps implicitly) made • Try generating multiple approaches • Reflect upon any big picture lessons or themes about taking/doing statistics this problem raises

  5. Who did better, Amy or Bob?(Lesser 2001, 2011)

  6. “Average Class Size” Exploration (Lesser, 2009, 2010a) 185 students are divided among 7 rooms as: 20, 20, 20, 25, 30, 35, and 35. What would you say is the ‘average class size’? simpler substitute dataset: 20 students divided among 4 rooms as: 3, 3, 4, and 10

  7. Which of these 5 countries did best at the 2008 Summer Olympics? (Isaacson, 2011)

  8. How to adapt for: • Shorter periods • Larger classes • Other days of the course • Other courses

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