A bit over a year ago, Susan Nolan asked me to chair the Statistical Literacy, Reasoning, and Thinking, Guidelines 2.0 for the Society for the Teaching of Psychology.
We were asked to explore and provide guidance for a) teaching statistical thinking in intro psychology and b) understanding how statistical thinking is taught across the psychology curriculum.
This post will highlight the accomplishments of the first group, which created easy-to-implement teaching exercises that emphasize statistical reasoning skills in Intro Psych.
The Guidelines 1.0 group provided lists of topics included in Intro Psych. The Guidelines 2.0 convened and created a series of brief, easy-to-apply exercises that correspond to the core topics typically taught in Intro. The sub-committee chair, Dr. Garth Neufeld, shared his considerable expertise about Intro Psychology to lead the group and center each exercise in American Psychological Association and American Statistical Association guidelines for undergraduate curriculums.
Anyway, I love this. The group decided that the best way to serve our field was to give something to our colleagues. So they carefully considered what Intro instructors need: Low-fuss, flexible assignments that can be used as homework, in-class exercises, discussion boards, etc. depending on the number of students and instructor preference. Enjoy
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