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Luse, Andy; Shadbad, Forough Nasirpouri – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2023
The demand for qualified analytics professionals remains high with forecasts showing a continued need over the next few years. While this demand necessitates instruction in analytics in the classroom, many students find analytics concepts to be complicated and boring. This teaching brief describes a novel approach to teaching analytics through…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Information Security, Learning Activities, Learner Engagement
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Storm, Colin H.; Penner, Anna – Communication Teacher, 2023
Students typically find research methods and statistics classes intimidating. In particular, learning different types of data measurement and operationalization can take significant time and practice to understand. Utilizing a pedagogical approach that turns a party game into a fun exercise, students collaboratively learn to operationalize…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Statistics, Game Based Learning, Educational Games
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DePaolo, Concetta A.; Jacobs, Aimee – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2021
We present a case study to teach data visualization with Tableau in an introductory business analytics course. The case uses publicly available data sets from touringplans.com that record wait times for various attractions at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. In the case study, students use Tableau to clean, organize, and analyze wait time data,…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Visual Aids, Computer Software, Teaching Methods
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Jennifer Xu; Monica Garfield – Information Systems Education Journal, 2024
There has been an increasing demand for healthcare analytics skills and competence by healthcare organizations. Although many universities have established programs and courses on healthcare analytics, most of these curricula have been designed for information systems (IS), information technology (IT), or analytics students. It is unclear how…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Data Analysis
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Zilvinskis, John; Willis, James, III; Borden, Victor M. H. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2017
The purpose of this chapter is to provide administrators and faculty with an understanding of learning analytics and its relationship to existing roles and functions so better institutional decisions can be made about investments and activities related to these technologies.
Descriptors: Educational Research, Data Analysis, Decision Making, Learning Activities
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Woodside, Joseph M. – Information Systems Education Journal, 2022
With the impactful nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, this manuscript describes a teaching case for COVID-19 vaccinations to develop students' knowledge of analytics and supply chain management. The experiential learning activity is developed in the context of an undergraduate upper-level course on descriptive analytics and data visualization. The…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Immunization Programs, Experiential Learning
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Han, Wencui; Larson, Eric C. – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2022
This case uses data analytic techniques to expose students to the context of the initial coin offering marketplace. The exercise is well-suited as a group activity in an undergraduate or graduate business analytics course in which students have been taught analytic techniques such as word cloud, descriptive statistics, basic visualizations, and…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Information Science Education, Data Analysis, Business Administration Education
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Binder, Perry; Willey, Susan L.; Weston, Harold A. – Journal of Legal Studies Education, 2020
The authors developed a teaching project for students to debate data and workplace privacy dilemmas, formulate plans of action for the use of certain data about workers and job applicants, and apply the law to reach and defend their solutions. The purpose of this versatile exercise is to sensitize both undergraduate and graduate business students…
Descriptors: Privacy, Data Use, Law Related Education, Business Administration Education
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Rudick, C. Kyle; Golsan, Kathryn B.; Freitag, Jennifer – Communication Teacher, 2018
Course: Mixed-Method Communication Research Methods. Objective: The purpose of this semester-long activity is to provide students with opportunities to cultivate mixed-method communication research skills through a social justice-informed service-learning format. Completing this course, students will be able to: recognize the unique strengths of…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Mixed Methods Research, Communication Research, Critical Theory
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Helens-Hart, Rose – Communication Teacher, 2015
Coming-out scenarios have been described as potentially traumatic events that change the parent-child relationship (MacDonald, 1983). Little research in the field of communication studies has been conducted on how the process of coming out unfolds within families (Valentine, Skelton, & Butler, 2003). The exercise described in this article…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Parent Child Relationship, Data Interpretation, Learning Activities
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Emery, Katherine; Harlow, Danielle; Whitmer, Ali; Gaines, Steven – Science Teacher, 2015
People are regularly confronted with environmental and science-related issues presented to them in newspapers, on television, or even in their own doctor's office. Often the information they use to inform their decisions on matters of science may be ambiguous and contradictory. This article presents an activity that investigates how students deal…
Descriptors: Science Education, Standards, Information Literacy, Data Analysis
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Ziv Feldman – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2014
This article describes an exciting exploration-based activity in which students develop an alternative definition of factor that can help them solve problems like the one presented above. Students work in groups to collect data, analyze the data to make conjectures, and then spend a significant amount of time debating and justifying their…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Active Learning, Problem Solving, Data Collection
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Davenport, K. D.; Milks, Kirstin Jane; Van Tassell, Rebecca – American Biology Teacher, 2015
Analyzing evolutionary relationships requires that students have a thorough understanding of evidence and of how scientists use evidence to develop these relationships. In this lesson sequence, students work in groups to process many different lines of evidence of evolutionary relationships between ungulates, then construct a scientific argument…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Evaluation, Misconceptions, Scientific Concepts
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English, Lyn D. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2014
An exciting event had occurred for the grade 3 classes at Woodlands State School. A new play space designated for the older grades had now been opened to the third graders. In sharing their excitement over this "real treat, real privilege," the teachers invited the children to find out more about playgrounds and, in particular, their new…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Play, Teaching Methods
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Patterson, Lynn G.; Patterson, Kadie L. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2014
Motivating middle school students to learn can be challenging. One proven method for doing so is through an integrated curriculum. Educational philosophers and curriculum theorists have long noted the benefits of an integrated curriculum, which recognizes that the subject areas within the curriculum are connected to one another and to the real…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Problem Solving, Integrated Curriculum, Interdisciplinary Approach
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