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

数学科学（21）作为CCLI A I赠款的一部分，题为实施改革在基于互联网的课堂，数学系在东田纳西州立大学实施了一项试点计划，它提供了一个技术密集型的实验室经验的某些部分的基本统计课程。这项实验表明，在初级统计中使用技术可以提高保留率，促进参与，并提高对统计概念的概念理解。事实上，参加该项目的学生比普通学生成功得多。为了让技术真正改变学生的学习，必须在完全不同的课程中提供技术。因此，该项目创建了一个初级统计课程，其中包括软件包，如Minitab，在线材料，如在统计水稻虚拟实验室（NSF DUE 9751307，07/97-06/99），和最好的课程改革。最好的方法是将统计教学转变为一个多方面的计划，在一个循序渐进的过程中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.