Learning is essentially hard; it happens best when one is deeply engaged in hard and challenging activities
– Papert 1998
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Memorathon
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Hypothesis Testing
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(Z-test
or 1-sample t-test)
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2-sample
t-tests
(or ANOVA)
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Research
Project
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Psychology
(Serial Recall-What Influences Memory)
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An on-line in which you are expected to repeat a sequence of buttons. Each time you successfully repeat the given sequence of buttons, the sequence gets longer. The challenge is to remember as long a sequence as possible. Students have the opportunity to design multiple versions of the this game in order to test which variables have the largest effect on memory. |
Shapesplosion
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Hypothesis Testing
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(Z-test
or 1-sample t-test)
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2-sample
t-tests
(or ANOVA)
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Research
Project
Simple Linear Regression |
Psychology
(Distracters in task
completion)
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An on-line game in which you are expected to place specifically shaped pegs into the appropriate holes within a short time period. In the project, students are asked to use this game to design an experiment, collect and analyze data. This game is specifically designed so that students have the opportunity to develop and test their own unique research question.
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Tangrams
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Hypothesis Testing
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(Z-test
or 1-sample t-test)
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2-sample
t-tests
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Tangrams are puzzles in which a person is expected to place geometrically shaped pieces into a particular design. The on-line game provides students the opportunity to design many versions of the original game in order to test which variables have the largest effect on task completion. |
Fish Pond
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Capture-Recapture to Estimate Population Size
Modeling Population Growth over Time |
Ecology |
The first Fish Pond Game introduces simple capture-recapture techniques to estimate population size. Then asks the players to design their own sampling strategy.
The second Fish Pond Game focuses on modeling popularion growth over time. Players are asked to estimate the growth rates in two models. |
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multiple regression. |
Economics
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A multi-day introduction to multiple regression that asks students to predict the retail price of used General Motor cars. This activity is currently available in Chapter 3 of Practicing Statistics |
| Cash for Condoms: |
Multiple Regression |
Econometrics |
Population control and economic growth in third world countries. This activity is currently available in Chapter 3 of Practicing Statistics |
TigerSTAT
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Data Collection |
Ecology
Biology |
A three dimensional on-line game based on the real problem of understanding the population of rare and endangered Amur tigers in Siberia |
| Seed Germination |
Design of Experiments |
Ecology
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Plant ecologists and physiologists have identified some plant species that respond to unusual environmental cues. For example, some kinds of plants have seeds that germinate only after a recent wildfire. In this lab students can look at a variety of environmental variables that stimulate germination in at least some fire-following species, including temporary high temperature, smoke, charred wood, and specific chemicals found in soils after fire |
| Electric Fish |
Categorical Data |
Neurobiology |
Contact Dr. Kuiper for the current lab |
| Global Warming Hockey Stick Graph |
Principal Component Analysis |
Environmental Studies |
This activity is currently available in Chapter 10 of Practicing Statistics |
| HIV and Intravenous Drug Use |
Survival Analysis |
Medicine |
Under Construction! |
| Building a Better Cup |
Response Surface Methodology/Optimization |
Engineering |
Under Construction! |
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