Be Above Average: Teaching Introductory Statistics for Deeper Understanding

MCTM 2024

Session Description

Are you looking for ways to teach statistical inference so that students have more than a trivial understanding of the content ? This presentation will introduce how a conceptual approach to teaching statistics through modeling and simulation can deepen students’ understanding and enable them to investigate more complex phenomena.

Agenda

• Welcome

  • Slides

• Introduction & Course Background

  • CATALST Curriculum

    • Statistical Thinking: A Simulation Approach to Modeling Uncertainty — Course textbook

    • Lab Manual v.4.4 — This includes the activities that the students work on during the class.

    • TinkerPlots Data Sets — ZIP file of the data sets used in the activities.

• Introduction to Monte Carlo Simulation

  • Introduction to Monte Carlo Simulation Lab Activity

• One-Sample Test: Monday Breakups

  • Monday Breakups Lab Activity

• Two-Sample Test: Memorization

  • Physical Simulation
    • Memorization Activity
    • JFK and JFKC Letters (for teachers)
  • Google Sheets
    • Memorization Google Sheet
  • TinkerPlots Demo

• Wrap-Up

  • College in the Schools — Learn more about UMN’s College in the Schools program and appply to teach in our cohort!

Other Resources

• EPSY 3264: Spring 2024 Syllabus

• TinkerPlots Website — Downlad and buy a license for TinkerPlots. The cost is about $11 for a year-long license.