StatsCasts: screencasts for complementing lectures in statistics classes
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Article Title | StatsCasts: screencasts for complementing lectures in statistics classes |
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ERA Journal ID | 20498 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Dunn, Peter K. (Author), McDonald, Christine (Author) and Loch, Birgit (Author) |
Journal Title | International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology |
Journal Citation | 46 (4), pp. 521-532 |
Number of Pages | 12 |
Year | 2015 |
Place of Publication | Abingdon, OX. United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0020-739X |
1464-5211 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/0020739X.2014.990530 |
Abstract | Students who are studying introductory statistics units but are enrolled in non-statistics majors often struggle with the content, and do not stay engaged. Support structures are in place at many Australian universities to help these students. Most of these are face-to-face support centres that the students can visit during opening hours. To provide additional assistance to these students any time, and from anywhere, online media are increasingly used by students – either provided by support centres, or sought independently by students. Little research has been undertaken on the effectiveness of such resources to support student learning. This paper investigates whether students will embrace StatsCasts – short screen-capture videos on key statistical topics that students have struggled with in the past, with narrator explanation provided by the lecturer – as part of their learning strategy and if they will actively engage with the videos. Students enrolled in a large first-year statistics class at an Australian university who had been provided with StatsCasts responded to a survey at the end of the semester. Volunteering students also participated in a focus group to probe deeper into students' perceptions of and motivations for watching the videos. Analysis of the data shows that students do actively engage with the StatsCasts and they appear to become an important component of their study and revision strategy. |
Keywords | screencast; StatsCast; worked examples; learning support subject |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390405. Educational technology and computing |
490509. Statistical theory | |
390102. Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development | |
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Byline Affiliations | University of the Sunshine Coast |
School of Agricultural, Computational and Environmental Sciences | |
Swinburne University of Technology | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q2yx6/statscasts-screencasts-for-complementing-lectures-in-statistics-classes
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