Chocolate Chip Cookies as a Teaching Aid

Getting and retaining the attention of students in an introductory statistics course can be a challenge, and poor motivation or outright fear of mathematical concepts can hinder learning. By using an example as familiar and comforting as chocolate chip cookies, the instructor can make a variety of s...

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Published inThe American statistician Vol. 61; no. 4; pp. 351 - 355
Main Author Lee, Herbert K. H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Alexandria, VA Taylor & Francis 01.11.2007
American Statistical Association
Subjects
Active learning
College instruction
Cookies
Data analysis
Exact sciences and technology
General topics
Histograms
Interactive learning
Markov processes
Mathematics
Mathematics education
Probability and statistics
Probability theory and stochastic processes
Sampling distributions
Sciences and techniques of general use
Statistical methods
Statistics
T tests
Teacher's Corner
Teachers
Teaching aids & devices
Teaching methods
Teaching statistics
Variability
Learning
Statistical method
Student statistic
Active learning
Teaching statistics
Variability
Teaching
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Summary:Getting and retaining the attention of students in an introductory statistics course can be a challenge, and poor motivation or outright fear of mathematical concepts can hinder learning. By using an example as familiar and comforting as chocolate chip cookies, the instructor can make a variety of statistical concepts come to life for the students, greatly enhancing learning.
ISSN:0003-1305
1537-2731
DOI:10.1198/000313007X246905