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Activity Number: 237
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 8, 2006 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor: Section on Statistical Education
Abstract - #306947
Title: Designing Classroom Activities for Student Learning
Author(s): Allan Rossman*+ and Beth Chance
Companies: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Address: Department of Statistics, San Luis Obispo, CA, 93407,
Keywords: active learning ; constructivism ; statistics education
Abstract:

We describe principles that have guided our development of classroom activities to facilitate student learning in a constructivist learning environment. We illustrate these principles with examples of activities intended to lead students to discover and explore fundamental statistical concepts, such as confidence, significance, randomization, and causation. We provide guidelines for adapting activities and developing new ones.

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