A Multi-stage, Technology-intensive Approach to Statistics Instruction

数学科学(21)作为CCLI A&A&A；I助学金的一部分，东田纳西州立大学数学系实施了一项试点计划，为基础统计课程的某些部分提供技术密集型实验室经验。这项实验表明，在基础统计中使用技术可以增加记忆，促进参与，并提高对统计概念的理解。事实上，参加该项目的学生比普通人群中的学生要成功得多。为了让技术真正改变学生的学习，必须在完全不同类型的课程中教授技术。因此，该项目创建了一个基础统计课程，其中包括Minitab等软件包、在线材料，如赖斯统计虚拟实验室中的材料(美国国家科学基金会定于9751307，07/97-06/99到期)，以及课程改革的精华。最好的办法是把统计教学变成一个多方面的程序，循序渐进地发展学生的数学能力。

Mathematical Sciences (21)As a part of the CCLI A&I grant entitled Implementing Reform in an Internet-BasedClassroom, the mathematics department at East Tennessee State University implemented a pilot program, which provided a technology-intensive laboratory experience for certain sections of elementary statistics courses. This experiment showed that the use of technology in elementary statistics increases retention, fosters participation, and improves conceptual understanding of statistical concepts. Indeed, students in the program were significantly more successful than those in the general population.In order for technology to truly make a difference in student learning, it must be delivered within an entirely different type of course. Hence, this project creates an elementary statistics course that incorporates software packages such as Minitab, online materials such as those in the Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics (NSF DUE 9751307, 07/97-06/99), and the best of curriculum reform. The best means to do so is to transform statistical instruction into a multi-faceted program that develops students' mathematical abilities in a step-by-step process.