Elementary Statistics Laboratory Workshop

学基础统计学的学生传统上将实验和数据仅仅看作课文中的单词和数字。他们把数字代入公式，对简单描述的实验做出结论。他们很少或根本没有接触到样本选择、数据收集、实验设计、随机化、统计模型开发等重要的统计活动。简而言之，他们没有对应用统计学和统计学家在科学调查中的作用有一个牢固的理解就离开了第一门课程。在美国国家科学基金会先前的支持下，南卡罗来纳大学成功地建立了一个基础统计学实验课程的原型。这个实验可以代替一些传统的讲座，也可以在传统的课程之外进行，它允许学生以团队的形式设计和进行实验，收集和分析数据，并撰写书面报告。建议培养一支全国性的基础统计教师骨干队伍，在传统基础统计讲座的基础上辅以有意义的动手实验经验。将培训两组24名教师。初步培训将包括一个为期五天的讲习班。这些工作坊将让教师体验17个实验环节中的10个。我们也会讨论在实验室环境下的有效教学策略、获得供应和设备的后勤工作，以及使用实验室的不同可能形式。在接下来的一年里，参加研讨会的教师将有望在基础统计课程中使用至少两个实验室经验，并鼓励他们开发至少一个新的基础统计实验室实验。工作坊结束后，将建立一个电子讨论小组，以便教师和项目团队之间进行互动。

Students in elementary statistics traditionally see experiments and data merely as words and numbers in a text. They plug numbers into formulas and make conclusions about briefly described experiments. They receive little or no exposure to the important statistical activities of sample selection, data collection, experimental design, randomization, development of statistical models, etc. In short, they leave the first course without a firm understanding of the role of applied statistics and the statistician in scientific investigations. Using previous support from the NSF, a successful prototype elementary statistics laboratory course has been established at the University of South Carolina. The laboratory, which can be taken in lieu of some traditional lectures or in addition to the traditional course, allows students to work in teams to design and perform experiments, collect and analyze data, and make written reports. It is proposed to train a nationwide cadre of elementary statistics teachers in the techniques of supplementing traditional elementary statistics lectures with meaningful hands-on laboratory experiences. Two groups of 24 teachers will be trained. Initial training will involve a five-day workshop. The workshops will allow the teachers to experience ten of the 17 laboratory sessions. There will also be discussions on effective teaching strategies in the laboratory setting, the logistics of obtaining supplies and equipment, and different possible formats for using the labs. Teachers attending the workshop will be expected to use at least two laboratory experiences in an elementary statistics course in the following year and encouraged to develop at least one new elementary statistics laboratory experiment. An electronic discussion group will be developed to allow for interaction among the teachers and the project team after the completion of the workshops.