Community-based projects in applied statistics: Using service-learning to enhance student understanding

Authors
Root, R Thorme, T
Citation
R. Root et T. Thorme, Community-based projects in applied statistics: Using service-learning to enhance student understanding, AM STATISTN, 55(4), 2001, pp. 326-331
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics
Journal title
AMERICAN STATISTICIAN
ISSN journal
00031305 → ACNP
Volume
55
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
326 - 331
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-1305(200111)55:4<326:CPIASU>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Community-based projects can enhance student understanding of descriptive s tatistics and of the use and value of inferential statistics. This article relates the authors' experiences with and reflections on three semesters of elementary college-level, statistics courses that included an optional ser vice-learning component. Reasons to try community-based projects in mathema tics, and suggestions for identifying and implementing them, are offered.