If
your answer to any of the
following questions is “YES”, then, this Real-Time
Online Database should be beneficial to your class.
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Do you
use hands-on activities in your class?
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Would
you like to share your hands-on activities?
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Would
you be interested in using data collected by students
from classes in different institutions?
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Would
you be interested in sharing your students’ data with
others?
This
Real-Time Online Database is the result from a NSF/CCLI
project under the grant #0310932. The goal of the
project is to adapt, implement and evaluate an Activity-Based,
Cooperative learning and Technology
(ACT)
curriculum in statistics courses for non-majors and
prospective K-12 teachers The guiding principles are:
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People learn
better by constructing knowledge themselves through
guided processes.
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Practice and
feedback are essential ingredients for understanding new
concepts.
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Active
problem-solving through teamwork promotes active
learning.
