USING STATISTICS IN ONLINE AND HYBRID STATISTICS COURSES TO IMPROVE STUDENT LEARNING

Overview  Low stakes assessments  HW with help  Progress Checks/Quiz next step without help aids; multiple attempts and pooling to allow for students to use this as formative AND summative assessment.  Using Item Analysis (IA) to improve student learning  Utilize statistics from IA to lead discussions in class or online discussion boards  Mean/median of exam scores  by Criteria; use assignment scores to reach those struggling the most

Low Stakes Assessment  Heartland has integrated this philosophy into developmental math and statistics courses using MLP features  Unlimited attempts on homework and progress checks (quizzes) with stop-gap measures for timely intervention to decrease frustration  Utilize the Study Plan to improve scores  This allows both formative and summative assessment to occur with the same assessment instrument

MLP Homework and Quizzes  View Statistics course in MLP  View HW and Quiz settings 

Item Analysis (Homework View)  Utilize IA in homework to discover weaknesses or gaps in learning  Multiple attempts  Skipping questions  Missed questions  How to utilize this information  Online or in class discussions  More examples  Including those topics in a subsequent homework assignment

Example of using IA in Homework  Look at 4.3 homework in Kim’s current statistics course.  Statistics Course Statistics Course  MSL Instructors Tools  MML Gradebook  Select ‘Homework’  Click on the IA icon below the assignment you wish to review  Export Student Details and Class Summary  How to utilize this information to improve student learning

Item Analysis (Quiz View)  Recall students do not have the “help aides” available for quizzes  A maximum number of attempts may be set by the instructor

Example of using IA in Quizzes  Look at Chapter 4 Quiz in Kim’s current statistics course.  Statistics Course Statistics Course  MSL Instructors Tools  MML Gradebook  Select ‘Quizzes’ or if in Gradebook already, use dropdown menu to change from ‘Homework’ to ‘Quizzes’  Click on the IA icon below the assignment you wish to review  Export Class Summary (note Student Details is not an option here)  How to utilize this information to improve student learning

Item Analysis (Test View)  Tests cover more than quizzes  Only one attempt  Check to see if items missed on quiz were missed on exams (if exams are given in MLP)  View mean and median of exam scores

Example of using IA in Tests  Look at Exam 1 in Kim’s current statistics course.  Statistics Course Statistics Course  MSL Instructors Tools  MML Gradebook  Select ‘Tests’ or if already in Gradebook, use dropdown to select ‘Tests’  Click on the IA icon below the assignment you wish to review  Export Class Summary  How to utilize this information to improve student learning

Search/ by Criteria  MSL Instructor Tools  MML Gradebook  Look to the top right for ‘More Gradebook Tools’  Click arrow and select Search/ by Criteria  This tool allows you to view students in several different categories and them according to that criteria

Find Students based on  Overall score  Overall score in the entire course  Set the limit and click “no score” if you wish to see those students  Category averages  Allows selection of quiz, test, or homework overall averages to be viewed  Assignment Performance  Allows selection of individual assignment(s) to be viewed  Work Activity  Three options to select  Name  a student or students by name

Example of Search/ by Criteria  Look in Kim’s current statistics course.  Statistics Course Statistics Course  MSL Instructors Tools  MML Gradebook  More Gradebook Tools  Search/ by Criteria  Select option  students

New Design vs. Legacy  MLP New Design  MML New Design and Legacy

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