Does viewing video of statistics in action affect student attitudes?


Book: 
Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference On Teaching Statistics (ICOTS-7), Salvador, Brazil.
Authors: 
Alldredge, J. R., Johnson, H. D., & Sanchez, J. J.
Editors: 
Rossman, A., & Chance, B.
Category: 
Year: 
2006
Publisher: 
Voorburg, The Netherlands: International Statistical Institute.
URL: 
http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/publications/17/C335.pdf
Abstract: 

Recent studies have indicated that student attitudes can assist or impede learning and that students tend to have negative attitudes towards mathematics and statistics. We used a treatment-control experimental design to explore the effects of using video clips, showing applications of statistics in real world settings, on student attitudes toward statistics. Students with higher scores on standardized tests of mathematical and verbal ability, who were exposed to the video treatment, had more positive attitudes toward statistics than video exposed students with lower ability scores and more than students who were not exposed to the video treatment.

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