Since quantitative research skills become more and more relevant for non academic professions, the<br>four courses research curriculum at the department of educational sciences of Ghent University aims<br>to deliver competent consumers of statistics who possess quantitative research skills and attitudes<br>needed to produce and use research in their professional careers. This study focuses on the impact of<br>authentic assessment with group project work on student self-efficacy beliefs and attitudes towards<br>statistics. About 180 students, enrolled at the fourth course, are engaged in collaborative project work<br>during 8 weeks on a given data-base. Students' perceptions of self-efficacy, attributions for academic<br>success, assessment expectations and attitude towards quantitative research as a field and as a course<br>are measured after the presentations of their projects. The control group consists of students enrolled<br>at the third course.
The CAUSE Research Group is supported in part by a member initiative grant from the American Statistical Association’s Section on Statistics and Data Science Education