Author Archives: Brian Melton

My article this week is “How Much Math Do Students Need to Succeed in Business and Economics Statistics?  An Ordered Probit Analysis” and is found at http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v17n3/green.html.  This article presents the result of a statistical study looking at the impact … Continue reading →

My article this week is “Do Hands-On Activities Increase Student Understanding?:  A Case Study” and is found at http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v17n3/pfaff.html.  This article concerns the effectiveness of using more hands-on activities for improving student understanding of statistical concepts. A key concern with … Continue reading →

My article this week is “Evaluating an Active Learning Approach to Teaching Introductory Statistics:  a Classroom Workbook Approach” and is found at http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v19n1/carlson.pdf.  This article concerns the use of a different teaching approach for looking at active learning. The authors … Continue reading →

For my teaching observations I attended two sections of an introductory statistics course (STAT 201) on Monday, March 7th.  The classes were taught by two different instructors, thus allowing for a comparison of different teaching styles.  Two instructors would also … Continue reading →

My article this week is “Learning Statistics at the Farmers Market?  A Comparison of Academic Service Learning and Case Studies in an Introductory Statistics Course” and is found at http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v18n3/hiedemann.pdf.  This was the first article I have read concerning the … Continue reading →

Brian Melton March 12, 2011 My article this week is “Student Centered Instruction in a Theoretical Statistics Course” and is found at http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v17n3/batesprins.html.  In teaching an introductory statistics course, I am very interested in developing a student centered approach.  Unfortunately, … Continue reading →

Brian Melton My article this week is titled “VISA:  Reducing Technological Impact n Student Learning in an Introductory Statistics Course” and is found at http://escholarship.org/uc/item/1gh2x5v5.  Although not published in my usual journal choice, Journal of Statistics Education (JSE), it was … Continue reading →

The article I chose for this week is titled “Training Teachers to Teach Probability” and can be found at http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v12n1/batanero.html .  I chose this article as I have been thinking about how I might approach teaching probability to future students.  … Continue reading →