Frederick Tucker
SOCIOLOGICAL MEDIA: MAXIMIZING STUDENT INTEREST IN QUANTITATIVE METHODS VIA COLLABORATIVE USE OF DIGITAL MEDIA
Borough of Manhattan Community College
college sociology lecturers tasked inspiring student interest quantitative methods despite widespread student anxiety subject tendency students relieve classroom anxiety habitual web browsing paper author details results pedagogical program whereby students new york city community college used industrystandard software design conduct analyze sociological surveys one another aim inspiring student interest quantitative methods enhancing technical literacy chisquare test independence performed determine effect pedagogical process students ability discuss sociological methods unrelated surveys final papers compared authors students previous semester undergo pedagogical program relation variables significant 23 n36 98 p 02 findings suggest community college students lecturer supervision minimal prior statistical knowledge access digital media collaborate small groups create conduct sociological surveys discuss methods results limited classroom time college sociology lecturers instead combatting student desire use digital media harness desire advance student mastery quantitative methods key words community college digital media sociological methods transformative pedagogy