JSM 2005 Online Program

Abstract #303651

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Activity Number:	523
Type:	Contributed
Date/Time:	Thursday, August 11, 2005 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor:	Section on Statistical Education
Abstract - #303651
Title:	Improving the Quality of and Access to Undergraduate Statistics Education by Using Innovative Web-based and Multimedia Materials
Author(s):	Eric Hintze*+ and Michael Speed and Kathleen Speed
Companies:	Texas A&M University and Texas A&M University and Texas A&M University
Address:	Department of Statistics, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, 77843-3143, United States
Keywords:	Instruction ; web-based ; distance-learning ; undergraduate
Abstract:	For the past several years, the Department of Statistics at Texas A&M University (TAMU) has successfully used innovative web-based instructional methods and multimedia materials to enhance undergraduate statistics education. This instructional process, while firmly based in the active education paradigm, is a major change from the traditional methods of face-to-face instruction. In this method, students are exposed to classroom instruction before they come to a lab session by accessing course content via the web or cd. The classroom instruction was recorded in a previous semester when all course materials and the instructor's voice were captured for play-back. Once a week, students spend time asking questions and solving problems in a "lab" session, instead of attending traditional classes. In the event of questions or comments by students in between these weekly lab sessions, students communicate via a discussion board. This innovative method has a broad impact, as it seeks to meet the needs of local, distance, and nontraditional students.

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