Engaging Students with Statistical Software in Introductory Statistics

Engaging Students with Statistical Software in Introductory Statistics Carrie Lineberry Ritter, Ph. D. Randolph Community College Asheboro, NC

What technology do you use in your introductory statistics course? • • • Applets CODAP Excel, JMP or Minitab R SALT SAS SPSS Stat. Crunch TI-Calculator Other None

ESTEEM: Enhancing Statistics Teacher Education with E-Modules • The ESTEEM project will address three primary goals. • 1) Create online resources for statistics preservice teacher education • 2) Design modules and approaches for using these resources • 3) Implement resources and modules in undergraduate mathematics education teacher education programs. • https: //hirise. fi. ncsu. edu/projects/esteem/

Common Online Data Analysis Platform (CODAP) • National Science Foundation-funded project • Open-source software for dynamic data exploration • Commercial-friendly • Web-based • FREE (CODAP will always be free!) • Based on research • Designed and tested in collaboration with seven NSF-funded projects (curriculum materials)

CODAP • Here is a link to CODAP. • “CODAP is free open-source software for data analysis built for use in schools. With CODAP, you can explore, visualize, and learn from data in any content area. Our mission is to make data literacy accessible for all students. ”

Investigating Data about Granola Bars CODAP Granola Bar Data

Investigating Older Roller Coaster in the US CODAP Older Roller Coaster Data

Investigating MORE Roller Coasters Developed Over the Past 100 Years! CODAP MORE Roller Coaster Data (image from: https: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Millennium_Force)

CODAP Sample Vehicle Data Investigating CO 2 Emissions in Vehicles

Any Questions? Carrie Lineberry Ritter, Ph. D. clritter@randolph. edu

ESTEEM https: //hirise. fi. ncsu. edu/projects/esteem/ • Hollylynne Stohl Lee, Principal Investigator Professor of Mathematics and Statistics Education STEM Education Department, NC State University • Stephanie Casey, Co-Principal Investigator Associate Professor of Mathematics Education Mathematics Department, Eastern Michigan University • William Finzer, Co-Principal Investigator Senior Scientist Concord Consortium • Rick Hudson, Co-Principal Investigator, Chair and Associate Professor of Mathematics Department of Mathematics, University of Southern Indiana