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Learning is essentially hard; it happens best when one is deeply engaged in hard and challenging activities 
        – Papert 1998

Lab Name
Topic
Discipline
Description

Memorathon

mem image

Hypothesis  Testing

·   (Z-test or 1-sample t-test)

·   2-sample t-tests (or ANOVA)

·   Research Project

 

Psychology

(Serial Recall-What Influences Memory)

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

Hypothesis  Testing

·   (Z-test or 1-sample t-test)

·   2-sample t-tests (or ANOVA)

·   Research Project

Simple Linear Regression

Psychology (Distracters in task completion)

 

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.

Tangrams

Tangrams

Hypothesis  Testing

·   (Z-test or 1-sample t-test)

·   2-sample t-tests (or ANOVA)

  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

Fish

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.

multiple regression. Economics

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

TigerSTAT

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

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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last updated: 5/12/13

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