1. Finding Internet Resources for Teaching Statistics Using CAUSEweb Ginger Holmes Rowell, Ph. D. Middle Tennessee State University Roundtable Luncheon August 7, 2006; 12:30 – 1:50 pm 2006 Joint Statistical Meetings Seattle, Washington

2. Overview of CAUSEweb. –Resources. –Professional Development. –Research. Searching and finding resources in CAUSEweb. Integrating materials into lessons. –Individually. –In the learning cycle. Handouts. Agenda

3. Overview of CAUSEweb CAUSE

4. CAUSE Partners with MERLOT Roger Woodard - CAUSEweb Editor & Editor of the MERLOT Statistics Editorial Board

5. www.CAUSEweb.org

6. Digital Library for Undergraduate Statistics Education Two Facets: Peer-reviewed & “On-the-Web”

7. www.CAUSEweb.org

8. CAUSEway Workshops. US Conference On Teaching Statistics. – USCOTS. Webinars. Future opportunities. –Keep checking this website.

9. www.CAUSEweb.org

10. Maintain and update Research web pages for CAUSEweb. Organize research sessions for USCOTS. Organize research workshops for CAUSE grants. Provide a list of resource people to contact for advice or mentoring regarding research in statistics education. Create ways to improve linkages across disciplines and develop collaborative projects, such as a research forum that brings together researchers from across the disciplines. Initiate projects that will help connect research to teaching practice. Serve as an advisory board for other research projects.

11. Searching and Finding Resources in CAUSEweb Ways to Search CAUSEweb.org: –Regular search. –Advanced search. –Browse Categories. –Statistical Topic.

12. CAUSEweb: Regular Search Example: Central Limit Theorem. Type what your looking for here. Get results here.

13. CAUSEweb: Regular Search This feature searches on: –Description. –Title. –Author. –URL. –Key Words. –Statistical Topic.

14. CAUSEweb: Regular Search This feature also searches on: –Application Area – the discipline for which the resource is intended. –Resource Type – what the resource is. –Object Format – the technical format of the resource.

15. Searching: Application Areas Agriculture Art and Music Astronomy Biology Business Chemistry Computer Science Engineering Geology Health Science Humanities Mathematics Physics Political Science Psychology Sociology Sports and Games

16. Searching: Resource Type Animation Case Study Collection Dataset Drill and Practice Event Image Interactive Resource Lecture/Presentation Physical Object Quiz/Test Reference Materials Service Simulation Software Sound Text Tutorial Webpage

17. Searching: Object Format A few examples of Object Format. –Audio –Flash –HTML –Java Applet –JavaScript –PDF –Video –Other

18. CAUSEweb: Advanced Search

19. CAUSEweb: Browse Categories Lecture Examples Laboratories Out-of-class Teaching Methods Datasets Analysis Tools Curriculum Fun Building Blocks Multimedia Forum

20. CAUSEweb: Statistical Topic http://www.causeweb.org/resources

21. Recognizing What You’re Looking For The Results Page Title links to full record. Description provides detailed information. URL links directly to the resource.

22. Recognizing What You’re Looking For The Full Record Title and URL link directly to resource. Other links go to results page for resources with the same label.

23. Integrating Materials into Lessons: Individual Resources Examples: –Case Study. –Applet. –Collection. Teacher’s Viewpoint.

24. Case Study Example Case Study + Case Teaching Notes = a “ready-to-go” classroom lesson Teacher’s Viewpoint: http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/markov/markov.html

25. Searching for “Related” Items Related (or companion) items are identified

26. Applet Example Statistical Java Teacher’s Viewpoint: Demonstration during a lecture Use “as is” in a computer lab Assign some corresponding reading in addition to the applet Make supplementary worksheet http://kitchen.stat.vt.edu/~sundar/java/applets/CLT.html Central Limit Theorem

27. Collections Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~lane/rvls.html http://kitchen.stat.vt.edu/~sundar/java/applets/ http://illuminations.nctm.org/ http://www.math.uah.edu/stat/ Virtual Laboratories in Probability and Statistics

28. Collection Example: Star Library http://www.causeweb.org/repository/StarLibrary/activities/

29. Collection Example: WISE Teacher’s Viewpoint: “It’s all right here.” http://wise.cgu.edu/

30. Integrating Materials into Lessons: The Learning Cycle Explore Assess Lecture ∆ Data Sets ∆ Case Studies ∆ Guided Demos ∆ Simulations ∆ Laboratories ∆ Applets ∆ Tutorials ∆ Teacher-directed Assessments ◊ Laboratories ◊ Homework Problems ∆ PowerPoint Slides ∆ Reference Materials ∆ History ∆ Demonstrations: ◊ Applets ◊ Videos ◊ Simulations ∆ Self-directed Assessments ◊ Immediate Feedback

31. A Time Series Example Explore Assess Lecture A teacher could show this video in class or have students watch the video as an out-of-class assignment. This java applet can strengthen students’ understanding of time series by allowing them to move or add data points. Teachers can select from a number of topics and choose from over 70 questions (and answers) for linear regression alone.

32. Time Series Example: Lecture http://www.learner.org/resources/series65.html 29 min. video

33. Time Series Example: Explore http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/0072868244/124727/LinearTE.html Data can be added. Points can be moved.

34. Time Series Example: Assess Choose a category. Over 70 questions on Regression alone. http://www2.gsu.edu/~dscbms/ibs/qcontent.html

35. Environmental Engineering Example A single course website addressing the entire learning cycle. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Civil-and-Environmental-Engineering/1-017Computing- and-Data-Analysis-for-Environmental-ApplicationsFall2003/CourseHome/index.htm

36. Environmental Engineering Example Explore Assess Lecture 23 separate lectures as PDF files. Most are 3-5 pages long. PDF files MATLAB exercises. Problem sets with solutions. Practice quizzes and exams with solutions.

37. A Power Example Explore Assess Lecture The Environmental Protection Agency describes the importance of analyzing the power of a test. This STAR Library entry describes a classroom activity that helps students understand the concept of power and how it relates to sample size. HyperStat has some exercises that ask about topics related to power.

38. A Power Example: Lecture http://www.epa.gov/bioindicators/statprimer/power.html

39. A Power Example: Explore http://www.causeweb.org/repository/StarLibrary/activities/blankenship_young2001

40. A Power Example: Assess http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/power.html