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Abstract:
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In science, catalysis is the acceleration (increase in rate) of a chemical reaction by means of a substance called a catalyst. In more general terms anything that accelerates a process may be called a "catalyst." This NSF-funded project uses the acronym CATALST to represent the goal of accelerating change in the teaching and learning of statistics. This project was designed to develop, implement, evaluate, and disseminate a radically different introductory statistics course. It builds on and integrates theory and research from several disciplines (cognitive science, statistics, statistics education, mathematics education and engineering education). We report on the first year of the project, what we have learned and what we have developed so far.
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