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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Froelich, Amy G.; Duckworth, William M. – Journal of Statistics Education, 2008
As part of an NSF funded project we developed new course materials for a general introductory statistics course designed to engage students in statistical discovery. The materials were designed to actively involve students in the design and implementation of data collection and the analysis and interpretation of the resulting data. Our overall…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Student Attitudes, Field Tests, Program Effectiveness
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Marasinghe, Mervyn; Duckworth, William M.; Shin, Tae-Sung – Journal of Statistics Education, 2004
This paper extends work on the construction of instructional modules that use graphical and simulation techniques for teaching statistical concepts (Marasinghe, et al. 1996; Iversen and Marasinghe 2001). These modules consist of two components: a software part and a lesson part. A computer program written in LISP-STAT with a highly interactive…
Descriptors: Regression (Statistics), Mathematics Instruction, Computer Graphics, Visual Aids