Rossi A. Hassad
Constructivist and Behaviorist Approaches: Development and Initial Evaluation of a Teaching Practice Scale for Introductory Statistics at the College Level
Mercy University|City University of New York|University of South Florida
study examined teaching practices 227 college instructors introductory statistics health behavioral sciencesusing primarily multidimensional scaling mds techniques twodimensional 10item teachingpractice scale tiss teaching introductory statistics scale developedthe two dimensions subscales characterized constructivist behaviorist orthogonalcriterion validity tiss established relation instructors attitude toward teaching acceptable levels reliability obtaineda significantly higher level behaviorist practice less reformoriented reported instructors us well instructors academic degrees mathematics engineering whereas membership professional organizations tended reformoriented constructivistthe tiss thought first kind allow statistics education community empirically assess describe pedagogical approach teaching practice instructors introductory statistics health behavioral sciences college level determine learning outcomes result different teachingpractice orientationsfurther research required order conclusive structural psychometric properties scale including stability time