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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
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Pearl, 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
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Lesser, Lawrence M.; Pearl, Dennis K.; Weber, John J., III – Journal of Statistics Education, 2016
There has been a recent emergence of scholarship on the use of fun in the college statistics classroom, with at least 20 modalities identified. While there have been randomized experiments that suggest that fun can enhance student achievement or attitudes in statistics, these studies have generally been limited to one particular fun modality or…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Statistics, Introductory Courses, Humor
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Lesser, Lawrence M.; Pearl, Dennis K. – Journal of Statistics Education, 2009
This paper presents an overview of modalities that can be used to make learning statistics fun. Representative examples or points of departure in the literature are provided for no less than 20 modalities. Empirical evidence of effectiveness specific to statistics education is starting to emerge for some of these modalities--namely, humor, song,…
Descriptors: Statistics, Instruction, Anxiety, Cartoons