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Direct linkPearl, Dennis K.; Lesser, Lawrence M. – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2021
Jokes, cartoons, songs, poems, and games can be useful ways to engage students in discussion and learning key concepts about regression.
Descriptors: Statistics Education, Teaching Methods, Regression (Statistics), Humor
Pearl, Dennis K.; Lesser, Lawrence M. – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2021
Jokes, cartoons, songs, videos, and quotes can be useful ways to engage students in discussion and learning key concepts about polling.
Descriptors: Surveys, Data Collection, Statistics Education, Teaching Methods
Lesser, Lawrence M.; Pearl, Dennis K. – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2021
Jokes, cartoons, songs, and games can help engage students in discussion and learning key concepts about hypothesis testing.
Descriptors: Statistics Education, Hypothesis Testing, Teaching Methods, Humor
Pearl, Dennis K.; Lesser, Lawrence M. – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2020
The use of cartoons, songs, and quotes can be a useful way to engage students in discussion and learning key concepts about quantifying the uncertainty in statistical estimates.
Descriptors: Cartoons, Singing, Statistics, Teaching Methods
Lesser, Lawrence M. – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2018
This literature-based, classroom-tested novel innovation of educational song (with pedagogical scaffolding) may help engage students explore and address common resistant misconceptions in probability (e.g. all outcomes are equally likely) and in statistics (e.g. correlation must imply either causation or coincidence).
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Singing, Statistics, Correlation
Mocko, Megan; Lesser, Lawrence M.; Wagler, Amy E.; Francis, Wendy S. – Journal of Statistics Education, 2017
Mnemonics (memory aids) are often viewed as useful in helping students recall information, and thereby possibly reducing stress and freeing up more cognitive resources for higher-order thinking. However, there has been little research on statistics mnemonics, especially for large classes. This article reports on the results of a study conducted…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Mnemonics, Statistics, College Students
Lesser, Lawrence M.; Pearl, Dennis K.; Weber, John J.; Dousa, Dominic M.; Carey, Robert P.; Haddad, Stephen A. – Journal of Statistics Education, 2019
This article describes the process used to develop and assess an NSF-funded instructional innovation: an online collection (https://www.CAUSEweb.org/smiles/) of 28 interactive songs of high esthetic quality designed to span literature-based learning objectives of introductory statistics that develop statistical literacy and reasoning. The…
Descriptors: Singing, Introductory Courses, Statistics, Mathematics Instruction
Lesser, Lawrence M. – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2011
It is important to avoid ambiguity with numbers because unfortunate choices of numbers can inadvertently make it possible for students to form misconceptions or make it difficult for teachers to tell if students obtained the right answer for the right reason. Therefore, it is important to make sure when introducing basic summary statistics that…
Descriptors: Statistics, Misconceptions, College Mathematics, Numbers
Sorto, M. Alejandra; White, Alexander; Lesser, Lawrence M. – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2011
The least squares method of fitting a line is not one that naturally occurs to students. We present three tasks to understand student views on how lines may be fit.
Descriptors: Least Squares Statistics, Graphs, Teaching Methods, Mathematical Concepts
Lesser, Lawrence M.; Kephart, Kerrie – Journal of Statistics Education, 2011
The first day of a course has great potential to set the tone for the entire course, planting the seeds for habits of mind and questioning and setting in motion expectations for classroom discourse. Rather than let the first meeting contain little besides going over the syllabus, the instructor (Lesser) decided to use two sustained open-ended…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Case Studies, Inquiry, Problem Based Learning
