{"id":17092,"date":"2014-01-06t10:15:51","date_gmt":"2014-01-06t15:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/?p=17092"},"modified":"2014-06-09t11:45:40","modified_gmt":"2014-06-09t16:45:40","slug":"bold-fellow-zane-ricks-creates-interactive-learning-module-for-biostatistics-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2014\/01\/bold-fellow-zane-ricks-creates-interactive-learning-module-for-biostatistics-course\/","title":{"rendered":"bold fellow zane ricks creates interactive learning module for biostatistics course"},"content":{"rendered":"
the bold fellows program is designed to bring together graduate students and faculty members interested in blended and online learning. graduate students develop online learning modules for implementation in a faculty mentor\u2019s course and then gather data on the effects of the modules on student learning. bold fellow zane ricks<\/strong> worked with faculty mentor dr. anita mahadevan-jansen<\/strong> to develop a module on concept intervals, and describes his work here:<\/em><\/p>\n one of the most important questions for an instructor, particularly one teaching a course dealing with quantitative methods, is whether or not students actually understand the material. it is one thing to memorize and perform a series of calculations, and another thing to know what these calculations mean in a real world sense. in previous biostatistics courses, students have particularly shown trouble in understanding the concept of confidence intervals and their applications.\u00a0 even if they\u2019re able to perform the arithmetic necessary to create one, many do not understand a confidence interval\u2019s significance.\u00a0 it is this deficiency that inspired the creation of this module, which is aimed at helping students understand what a confidence interval is in both mathematical and pragmatic terms.<\/p>\n
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