Dynamic Practice and Assessment System for Statistics Course(s)

Cohort: 2015
Fellow: Tasha Beretvas

Mastery of the use and interpretation of statistical techniques requires a lot of practice. Similarly, statistics is only mastered with a lot of practice. However, instructors unfortunately only have a finite amount of time available to create an endless supply of new problems and associated answers. They also do not have an endless amount of time to provide hints to help students find their own way past their misconceptions. In addition, it is very difficult for students to receive immediate feedback to understand what they are doing and what they need to do. Immediate –rather than delayed -feedback is much more pertinent to students’ trying to understand what they are learning. This project is intended to help create a practice and assessment system that can be used to enhance the learning of undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in two of my statistics courses including my introductory undergraduate (Introduction to Statistics) and graduate courses (Fundamental Statistics). The system is intended to provide immediate and targeted feedback and countless practice opportunities for students.