Lee Fawcett
The CASE Project: Evaluation of Case-Based Approaches to Learning and Teaching in Statistics Service Courses
Newcastle University
case project casebased approaches statistics education see wwwmasnclacuknlf8innovation established investigate use reallife disciplinespecific case study material statistics service courses could improve student engagement motivation confidence ultimately project aims promote deep learning course material students disciplines equipped skills undertake independent quantitative analyses example final year dissertations article describe casebased materials associated activities developed part project first year business undergraduates taking compulsory course quantitative methods also attempt evaluate success case project trial randomly selected subgroup students exposed casebased learning teaching activities adjusting nuisance factors found students subgroup outperformed peers selected casebased learning teaching terms grades routine algorithmic homework exercises openended projects requiring problemsolving interpretative skills