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Ganesan, Nanteni; Eu, Leong Kwan – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Sciences, 2018
In this era, the rapid development of computer science and new technologies of information and communication is high hence there is need to introduce the concept of instructional software for teaching and learning statistical reasoning. This study aims at investigating the effectiveness of Fathom based Instruction in Enhancing Statistical…
Descriptors: Courseware, Teaching Methods, Statistics, Pretests Posttests
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Hilliam, Rachel; Calvert, Carol – Open Learning, 2019
Students from many different subject areas are required to study statistics as part of their qualification. The Open University developed a statistics module which could simultaneously be studied by students from a variety of different disciplines, by engaging them with topics which are of interest to everyone, namely money, education and health,…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Statistics, Student Diversity, Learning Modules
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dos Santos Ferreira, Robson; Kataoka, Verônica Yumi; Karrer, Monica – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2014
The objective of this paper is to discuss aspects of high school students' learning of probability in a context where they are supported by the statistical software R. We report on the application of a teaching experiment, constructed using the perspective of Gal's probabilistic literacy and Papert's constructionism. The results show improvement…
Descriptors: Probability, Statistics, Courseware, High School Students
Hunka, S. – 1988
A computer-assisted instructional (CAI) course in applied statistics has been taught for 15 years in the Faculty of Education at the University of Manitoba. The CAI courseware was originally created to be the primary mode of instruction for the course, and it is very extensive in terms of content and style of presentation. The course includes 14…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Content, Courseware, Foreign Countries
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Welford, Richard – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1989
Examines the use of small-scale databases for introductory economic and social science statistics in higher education. The results of a research project at Portsmouth Polytechnic that used a specially written database are reported, the use of spreadsheets is discussed, and future considerations are suggested. (17 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Databases, Foreign Countries
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Quigley, Martyn, Ed. – 1992
The proceedings report is divided into four sections that include: (1) two invited lectures by Colette Laborde and James Kaput on the topics of students' reading and writing of mathematics and an allegory in which writing is introduced into a technology-based mathematical society; (2) working group reports on the topics of fractal geometry in the…
Descriptors: Chaos Theory, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Constructivism (Learning)