Cooperative Learning in Statistics

199413 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Carolyn M. Keeler · Idaho Business for Education

R. Kirk Steinhorst · University of Idaho

Abstract

Summary The formal use of cooperative learning techniques developed originally in primary and secondary education proved effective in improving student performance and retention in a college freshman level statistics course. Lectures interspersed with group activities proved effective in increasing conceptual understanding and overall class performance.

Topics & Keywords

Statistics Education and Methodologies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Quality Education

Publication Details

Published in: Teaching Statistics

Volume 16, Issue 3, pp. 81-84

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9639.1994.tb00698.x

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