Statistics Poker: Reinforcing Basic Statistical Concepts


Authors: 
Nancy L. Leech
Volume: 
30 (1)
Pages: 
online
Year: 
2008
Publisher: 
Teaching Statistics
URL: 
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1467-9639.2007.00309.x
Abstract: 

Learning basic statistical concepts does not need to be tedious or dry; it can be fun and interesting through cooperative learning in the small-group activity of Statistics Poker. This article describes a teaching approach for reinforcing basic statistical concepts that can help students who have high anxiety and makes learning and reinforcing these concepts more interesting and fun.

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