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Proving the Usefulness of Demonstrations: Using M&M's to Develop Attribute Control Charts
Author(s) -
Fish Lynn A.,
Braunscheidel Michael J.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
decision sciences journal of innovative education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1540-4609
pISSN - 1540-4595
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4609.2011.00339.x
Subject(s) - experiential learning , computer science , class (philosophy) , variety (cybernetics) , control (management) , quality (philosophy) , mathematics education , sample (material) , artificial intelligence , psychology , chromatography , philosophy , chemistry , epistemology
Experiential‐based mini‐demonstrations are useful to facilitate student learning on a wide variety of topics. The purpose of this teaching brief is two‐fold: (1) it outlines a useful mini‐demonstration to teach attribute control charting when the sample size is unknown, and (2) adds additional proof that experiential methods positively impact upon student learning. The goal of this mini‐demonstration is to assist undergraduate and graduate students to develop their hands‐on statistical quality control charting and quality management concepts. By using this mini‐demonstration in one operations management class and not another, students that participated in this mini‐demonstration performed significantly better ( p = .05) than their counterparts in testing. The mini‐demonstration may be extended to include computer integration, used in small or large class sizes, and provides an efficient, effective use of classroom time to develop concepts.