scholarly journals Tablet Computers and InkSurvey Software in a College Engineering Statistics Course: How are Students’ Learning and Attitudes Impacted?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tonya Lauriski-Karriker ◽  
Emma Nicoletti ◽  
Barbara Moskal
Keyword(s):  
Tablet Computers ◽  
Engineering Statistics ◽  
Statistics Course

scholarly journals model for teaching basic engineering statistics in Slovenia

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreja Drobnič Vidic
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Alternative Assessment ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Professional Careers ◽  
Engineering Statistics ◽  
Statistics Course ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
University Curricula

Statistics contents are commonly included in university curricula. Slovenian students in general have a lack of problem solving and application knowledge in mathematics and basic statistics. Moreover, engineering students have a lack of teamwork skills, needed in their professional careers. In order to reduce these shortcomings we designed a model for teaching basic statistics to engineering students. The problem-based learning (PBL) approach served as the basis for this model. We adapted it to the requirements of a basic engineering statistics course and to the environment of a Slovenian university. Four main factors of the model are described in detail: Problems, which enable the development of problem solving skills and application of knowledge; PBL teachers, who need to change their roles and activities in the instruction; aims of the students, and the alternative assessment. The article also makes reference to a pedagogical experiment, in which we verified this model.

scholarly journals Impact of Real-time, Electronic, Formative Feedback: Using InkSurvey as a Collegiate Learning Tool In Engineering Statistics

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
pp. 99-110
Author(s):  
Barbara M Moskal
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Student Assessment ◽  
Concept Inventory ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Engineering Statistics ◽  
Statistics Course ◽  
Study Support ◽  
Probability And Statistics ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
The Impact

This paper describes the impact of InkSurvey in a college classroom, as a tool to formatively shape instruction. Tablet personal computers (PCs) were distributed and the InkSurvey software was used for the instruction of a Probability and Statistics Course for Engineers. Using InkSurvey, instructors are able to view student responses and use this information to alter instruction in real-time, immediately addressing students’ learning needs. Data was collected from volunteers using the following methods: a pre and post concept inventory on statistics, a pre and post attitude survey, and an anonymous, end of the course, student assessment survey. The results of this study support that students’ concept knowledge, as measured by the Statistics Concept Inventory, and the students’ attitudes, as measured by the Attitudes Survey, both validated instruments, became more positive with respect to statistics over the course of a semester.

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