Implementing Active Learning Department Wide: A Course Community for a Culture Change
A course community (CC) was formed to facilitate the implementation of active-learning materials in the Introductory Statistics course at a large southeastern U.S. university. Instructors met every two weeks for the semester before and the semester of the implementation. The CC helped instructors im...
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| author | Lisa Bloomer Green Nancy McCormick Scott McDaniel Ginger Holmes Rowell Jeremy Strayer |
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| description | A course community (CC) was formed to facilitate the implementation of active-learning materials in the Introductory Statistics course at a large southeastern U.S. university. Instructors met every two weeks for the semester before and the semester of the implementation. The CC helped instructors improve their content knowledge and pedagogical skills. Results show improvement in teacher attitudes and in student scores. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-114d26e895a24e55bc40956169f13a2c2022-12-22T02:25:36ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Statistics Education1069-18982018-09-0126319019610.1080/10691898.2018.15271951527195Implementing Active Learning Department Wide: A Course Community for a Culture ChangeLisa Bloomer Green0Nancy McCormick1Scott McDaniel2Ginger Holmes Rowell3Jeremy Strayer4Middle Tennessee State UniversityMiddle Tennessee State UniversityMiddle Tennessee State UniversityMiddle Tennessee State UniversityMiddle Tennessee State UniversityA course community (CC) was formed to facilitate the implementation of active-learning materials in the Introductory Statistics course at a large southeastern U.S. university. Instructors met every two weeks for the semester before and the semester of the implementation. The CC helped instructors improve their content knowledge and pedagogical skills. Results show improvement in teacher attitudes and in student scores.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10691898.2018.1527195Active learningCourse communityIntroductory statisticsProfessional development |
| spellingShingle | Lisa Bloomer Green Nancy McCormick Scott McDaniel Ginger Holmes Rowell Jeremy Strayer Implementing Active Learning Department Wide: A Course Community for a Culture Change Journal of Statistics Education Active learning Course community Introductory statistics Professional development |
| title | Implementing Active Learning Department Wide: A Course Community for a Culture Change |
| title_full | Implementing Active Learning Department Wide: A Course Community for a Culture Change |
| title_fullStr | Implementing Active Learning Department Wide: A Course Community for a Culture Change |
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| title_short | Implementing Active Learning Department Wide: A Course Community for a Culture Change |
| title_sort | implementing active learning department wide a course community for a culture change |
| topic | Active learning Course community Introductory statistics Professional development |
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