SUMMARY

Semester long project, but easily shortened.

This is a scaffold assignment incorporating Climate Change into an Introduction to Statistics class to help students better understand and apply statistical testing techniques, including Regressional Analysis, Hypothesis Testing, and Inference about Differences, consisting of five major modules.

GOALS

The purpose of the project is to incorporate Climate Change into an Introduction to Statistics class to help students better understand and apply statistical testing techniques, including Regressional Analysis, Hypothesis Testing, and Inference about Differences.

ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION AND TEACHING MATERIALS

The project is a scaffold assignment, in that each module builds on the previous, with deadlines about three weeks apart. This scaffold assignment allows the student ample opportunity to gain feedback, both peer and instructor, to ensure the student is on track and headed in the right direction.

The first four modules use a checklist to ensure basic requirements are met, in addition to peer critiques. The last module, Final Report and Presentation, applies a rubric to assess the quality of the completed project. The last module also includes a reflection to assess what the student has learned with respect to Climate Change, Renewable Energy, and Sustainability. The checklists and rubrics, with deadlines, are provided in the attached file.

The semester long project has five major modules:

1. Introduction and Background
2. Regression Analysis, Results, and Conclusions
3. Hypothesis Testing, Results, and Conclusions
4. Inferences about Differences, Results, and Conclusions
5. Final Report and Presentation, Reflection

The project is a scaffold assignment, in that each module builds on the previous, with deadlines about three weeks apart. This scaffold assignment allows the student ample opportunity to gain feedback, both peer and instructor, to ensure the student is on track and headed in the right direction. The first four modules use a checklist to ensure basic requirements are met, in addition to peer critiques. The last module, Final Report and Presentation, applies a rubric to assess the quality of the completed project. The last module also includes a reflection to assess what the student has learned with respect to Climate Change, Renewable Energies, and Sustainability. The checklists and rubrics, with deadlines, are provided in the attached file.
 

TEACHING NOTES / CONTEXT FOR USE

This semester long project can easily be converted to a shorter final project if feedback and guidance would not be beneficial, or necessary, for student undertanding and application of materials.

ASSESSMENT

The first four modules use a checklist to ensure basic requirements are met, in addition to peer critiques. The last module, Final Report and Presentation, applies a rubric to assess the quality of the completed project. The last module also includes a reflection to assess what the student has learned with respect to Climate Change, Renewable Energies, and Sustainability. The checklists and rubrics, with deadlines, are shown in the attached file.

SHORT DESCRIPTION

The semester long statistics project has five major modules: Introduction and Background, Regression Analysis, Hypothesis Testing, Inferences about Differences, and Final Report and Presentation, Reflection.