Chris Malone – Winona State University
One’s success in a course is often determined by his or her desire and motivation to learn. Unfortunately, desire and motivation are often lacking in an introductory statistics course. I have learned some tricks over my years of teaching to enhance motivation — leverage their existing knowledge whenever possible and require students to repeatedly consider the phrase “What would happen if … .”[pullquote]Modern technologies and the recent advances in the use of simulation-based methods in teaching introductory statistics have allowed students to easily consider a variety of “What would happen if …” scenarios. [/pullquote] Continue reading
