The Effect of an Interactive Component on Students' Conceptual Understanding of Hypothesis Testing

• In Event: Roundtable Session 30
  In Roundtable Session: Students' Understanding of Evidence and Research

Abstract

The study was conducted at the largest technical institution in Qatar. All students are English as Foreigner Language learners. There is a high failure rate in college statistics. The experimental group participated in an active learning environment which included culturally-specific experiments, class activities, technology, discussion, collaboration, and varied instruction, while the control group had regular lectures. The quasi-experimental study applied ANCOVA with the Comprehensive Assessment of Outcomes in Statistics (CAOS), dependent variable, course placement (hands-on versus no hands-on component), independent variable, and the pre test, the covariate. After adjustment for the difference in pre test scores, there was a statistically significant difference in post test scores between the experimental group and the control group, F(1,79)=4.559, p<.05, partial ƞ2= .055.

Author

• Sarah Inkpen, College of the North Atlantic-Qatar