Distinguished Teaching Contributions Award: Teaching statistics: Pumpkins, Jelly Donuts, and Student Engagement

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eden B. King ◽  
Jose M. Cortina
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Teaching Statistics

scholarly journals Building Interactive Tutorials for Teaching Statistics Online with learnr

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Aberson
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Introductory Statistics ◽  
Approaches To Teaching ◽  
Teaching Online ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
Teaching Statistics ◽  
Teaching Implications

Introduction: Faculty are increasingly tasked with online teaching duties. This paper provides a how to guide to using the learnr package for R. This package allows instructors to create seamless interactive tutorials that can use video, quizzes, and exercises run in R to foster student engagement and learning of statistics. Statement of the Problem: Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, more faculty than every are teaching online. learnr tutorials provide a format that allows for greater student engagement with materials by providing opportunities to test knowledge and practice after viewing short videos on topics. Teaching Implications: I provide concrete instructions for developing learnr tutorials for teaching introductory statistics and provide insights from having applied these technologies for over a year. Conclusion: learnr is a tool that can assist instructors in leveraging valuable teaching opportunities afforded by the technology is a manner that requires only small changes in their more prevalent approaches to teaching online.

Evaluating best practices in student engagement in the UCD psychology department

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan Bihun ◽  
Katie Cochran ◽  
Chelsea Honea ◽  
Michelle Klein ◽  
Lisa Pringle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Psychology Department

Methods for exploring the nature of student engagement in the classroom

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacquelynn A. Malloy ◽  
Seth A. Parsons ◽  
Allison Wards Parsons ◽  
Sarah Cohen Burrowbridge
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement
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