Toward statistical literacy: a paradigm for technology-embedded instructional reform


Authors: 
Fischer, M. J.
Category: 
Volume: 
27(4)
Pages: 
281-294
Year: 
1998
Publisher: 
J. Educational Technology Systems
Abstract: 

In preparing business majors, schools of business have a special responsibility to ensure that students are equipped with the technological and mathematical skills they will need to compete in the worldwide marketplace. This article describes an innovative instructional paradigm for teaching business statistics. This paradigm harnesses the latest classroom technologies and integrates these technologies with established principles of learning. The paradigm also implements the mathematical and technological recommendations put forward by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Science. Evaluation data from both instructor and student perspectives are reported.

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