Statistics Education Teaching and Learning Online Resources: Find Them Using CAUSEweb

Ginger Holmes Rowell, Scott McDaniel, Lisa Green, Megan Hall

Middle Tennessee State University

United States Conference on Teaching Statistics

May 19, 2007Columbus, Ohio

OverviewOverview

• CAUSE, CAUSEweb, & MERLOTCAUSE, CAUSEweb, & MERLOT

• Teaching and Learning Cycle (TLC)Teaching and Learning Cycle (TLC)

• Searching & Finding ItemsSearching & Finding Items

• TLC Assignment TLC Assignment

• Share Share

• Wrap-upWrap-up

www.CAUSEweb.orgwww.CAUSEweb.org

Digital Library for Undergraduate Statistics Education

CAUSEway Workshops

USCOTS Webinars Future opportunities

(keep checking this website)

Getting Started Guidelines for Research Readings & Publications Literature Index Dissertations Working Groups & Projects News Calendar

Multimedia Educational Resource Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teachingfor Learning and Online Teaching

http://www.merlot.org and http://statistics.merlot.org/

Teaching and Learning CycleTeaching and Learning CyclePowerPoint slidesReference

MaterialsHistoryDemonstrations:

o Appletso Videoso Simulations

Teacher-directed assessmentso Laboratorieso Homework Problems

Self-directed assessmentso Immediate Feedback

Data SetsCase StudiesGuided

DemosSimulationsLaboratoriesAppletsTutorials

Assess

Explore

Lecture

TLC: RegressionTLC: Regression

Explore

Assess

Lecture

An in-class activity from the STAR Library can help introduce

the concept of regression.

Using self-tests like this one from Biometry: Statistics for Ecology, students can submit their answers and receive immediate feedback regarding questions answered correctly and questions or topics needing improvement.

Applets like this one from SticiGui Java Tools allow students to explore changes in the data to see how they affect the regression line.

TLC: RegressionTLC: Regression

http://www.causeweb.org/repository/StarLibrary/activities/buskirk_young2001/

Lecture

www.statcrunch.com

TLC: RegressionTLC: Regression

http://stat-www.berkeley.edu/~stark/Java/Html/Correlation.htm

Explore

TLC: RegressionTLC: Regression

Assess

http://aerg.canberra.edu.au/cgi-bin/tiegen?/share/www/envirostats/bm/L6/ffq12.tie

Explore

Assess

LectureThe Intuitor site contains an

introduction to hypothesis testing, relating it to what

happens at a criminal trial. http://www.intuitor.com/statistics/T1T2Errors.html

DIGSTATS contains examples and data sets, like the one below about Acid Rain.http://www.cvgs.k12.va.us/DIGSTATS/Sitemap.html

The ARTIST database contains questions classified by topic and learning outcomes.https://ore.gen.umn.edu/artist/index.html

TLC: Hypothesis TestingTLC: Hypothesis Testing

DIG StatsDIG Stats

http://www.cvgs.k12.va.us/DIGSTATS/Sitemap.html

ARTIST: Assessment Resource Tools for ARTIST: Assessment Resource Tools for Improving Statistical ThinkingImproving Statistical Thinking

https://ore.gen.umn.edu/artist/index.html

Login: rowell@mtsu.edu

Password: ginger123

Searching & Finding ResourcesSearching & Finding Resources

• Ways to searchWays to search– Browse CategoriesBrowse Categories

• Material TypeMaterial Type• Statistical TopicStatistical Topic

– Regular searchRegular search– Advanced searchAdvanced search

• ExampleExample

Searching: Browse CategoriesSearching: Browse Categories

Searching: Regular Search Searching: Regular Search

• CAUSEweb Search ToolsCAUSEweb Search Tools– KeywordsKeywords

• Statistical TopicStatistical Topic• Material TypeMaterial Type• Application Area (i.e. subject)Application Area (i.e. subject)• Resource TypeResource Type• Object FormatObject Format

• Type your keyword in the search Type your keyword in the search field.field.

• Click the title of the item to display Click the title of the item to display the record.the record.

• Click the link to your keyword to see Click the link to your keyword to see all the items labeled by that keyword.all the items labeled by that keyword.

Searching: Keywords

Searching Keywords: Biology Searching Keywords: Biology

Keywords: Application Areas

• Agriculture• Art and Music• Astronomy• Biology• Business• Chemistry• Computer Science• Engineering• Geology

• Health Science• Humanities• Mathematics• Physics• Political Science• Psychology• Sociology• Sports and Games

KeywordsKeywordsResource Types• Animation• Case Study• Collection• Drill and Practice• Lecture/

Presentation• Quiz/Test• Reference

Materials• Simulation• Sound• Tutorial• Webpage

Object Formats• CD-ROM• Executable

Program• Flash• html• Java Applet• Javascript• jpeg• pdf• Shockwave• Video• Xml• zip

Searching: Advanced SearchSearching: Advanced Search

For the RecordFor the Record

Results PageResults Page

Title – link to full recordTitle – link to full record

Description of materialDescription of material

URL – link to resourceURL – link to resource

On the RecordOn the Record

Relation: related materialsRelation: related materials

Searching HintSearching Hint

• Combine Content Keywords with Combine Content Keywords with Browse Categories with Resource TypesBrowse Categories with Resource Types– Collection + Applet + TutorialCollection + Applet + Tutorial– T-test + Analysis ToolT-test + Analysis Tool– Analysis Tool + CollectionAnalysis Tool + Collection– … …

ExamplesExamples

• Content SearchingContent Searching

• Resource Type SearchingResource Type Searching

• Application Area SearchingApplication Area Searching

• Format SearchingFormat Searching

• Combination SearchingCombination Searching

Content Searching: Content Searching: Central Limit TheoremCentral Limit Theorem

Statistical Java: http://kitchen.stat.vt.edu/~sundar/java/applets/CLT.html

Resource Type Searching: Case StudyResource Type Searching: Case Study

National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science: http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/markov/markov.html

Application Area Searching: BusinessApplication Area Searching: Business

Practice Questions for Business Statistics: http://www2.gsu.edu/~dscbms/ibs/qcontent.html

Object Formats Searching: VideoObject Formats Searching: Video

Against All Odds: http://www.learner.org/resources/series65.html

Combination Searching:Combination Searching:Applet + TutorialApplet + Tutorial

WISE: http://wise.cgu.edu/ WISE: http://wise.cgu.edu/

CollectionsCollections

Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics

http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~lane/rvls.html

http://kitchen.stat.vt.edu/~sundar/java/applets/

http://illuminations.nctm.org/index2.html

http://www.math.uah.edu/stat/

Virtual Laboratories in Probability and Statistics

““Collection” but not “Collections”Collection” but not “Collections”

Finding Finding Is Better than Searching*Is Better than Searching*

Woo-hoo! This is it!

*When you are hurrying to get ready for class.*When you are hurrying to get ready for class.

TLC AssignmentTLC Assignment

• Get into groups.Get into groups.

• Pick a topic from Intro Stat.Pick a topic from Intro Stat.

• Find items to fit Find items to fit “Lecture/Explore/Assess.”“Lecture/Explore/Assess.”

• URL: URL:

• Share!Share!

Wrap-UpWrap-Up

• CAUSEweb is a great place to find CAUSEweb is a great place to find materials for teaching statistics.materials for teaching statistics.

• If you have any questions or ideas, please If you have any questions or ideas, please contact us:contact us:– rowell@mtsu.edurowell@mtsu.edu– smcdanie@mtsu.edusmcdanie@mtsu.edu– lbgreen@mtsu.edulbgreen@mtsu.edu

• If you are interested in reviewing contact: If you are interested in reviewing contact: – editor@causeweb.org editor@causeweb.org