Using Seashells to Teach Statistics Through Experimental Design

 

Hans Lemke

Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 2013, Volume 34

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Abstract

The use of scenario based exercises is beneficial when teaching complex or abstract material such as statistics, a subject that is challenging to learn and difficult to teach. Framing this instruction in the context of experimental design allows students to learn the essential concepts of statistics in a familiar setting. This also helps them to appreciate the practical applications of what they are learning. In our introductory ecology and upper-level experimental design classes we have found seashells to be particularly useful for these lessons as students find them familiar and engaging

Keywords:  experimental design, statistics

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2012)