Turking Statistics: Student-Generated Surveys Increase Student Engagement and Performance

Autor/inn/en	Whitley, Cameron T.; Dietz, Thomas
Titel	Turking Statistics: Student-Generated Surveys Increase Student Engagement and Performance
Quelle	In: Teaching Sociology, 46 (2018) 1, S.44-53 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0092-055X
DOI	10.1177/0092055X17721952
Schlagwörter	Graduate Students; Statistics; Teaching Methods; Social Science Research; Learner Engagement; Surveys; Test Construction; Student Developed Materials; Outcomes of Education; Academic Achievement; Numeracy; Data Collection; Introductory Courses; Research Methodology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Statistik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Social scientific research; Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Testaufbau; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Schulleistung; Rechenkompetenz; Data capture; Datensammlung; Einführungskurs; Research method; Forschungsmethode
Abstract	Thirty years ago, Hubert M. Blalock Jr. published an article in "Teaching Sociology" about the importance of teaching statistics. We honor Blalock's legacy by assessing how using Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) in statistics classes can enhance student learning and increase statistical literacy among social science gradaute students. In addition, we assess whether using MTurk has an impact on student ability to make professional progress. We find that, compared to traditional teaching methods, using MTurk increased student performance, perceptions, and outcomes. In addition, using MTurk resulted in a measurable increase in statistical literacy. We recommend that instructors teaching statistics consider how MTurk or similar technologies can be used in their classrooms. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01