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Monstrous Methods for Teaching Central Tendency Concepts
Author(s) -
Kraus Sue
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
teaching statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.425
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1467-9639
pISSN - 0141-982X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9639.2009.00403.x
Subject(s) - psychology , student engagement , anxiety , teaching method , mathematics education , social psychology , psychiatry
Summary This article describes an interactive way to help students learn to evaluate central tendency measures using a fictional story. The use of humour and fictional dire consequences may increase student understanding and engagement while reducing anxiety.