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STAT 119 supplemental instruction section (STAT 119A) at San Diego State University

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Description

A one-credit supplemental instruction course attached to the large-enrollment STAT 119 introductory statistics course, enrolling 20–30 students per section meeting twice weekly for one hour. Sections are led by statistics graduate teaching assistants trained to develop "an active problem solving environment in the classroom", with students working through problems rather than watching solutions and TAs facilitating group discussion of conceptual difficulties. It deviates from the traditional UMKC SI model by using graduate students rather than near-peers and requiring enrollment in STAT 119A.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Students voluntarily enroll for one additional credit unit; students scoring below 70% on the first-week algebra assessment are strongly encouraged to enroll
  • Instructors are trained prior to the semester and regularly evaluated by a course coordinator

Constraints

  • Differs from the UMKC SI model: instructors are graduate students rather than near-peers, and attendance is effectively required via enrollment and encouragement rather than voluntary drop-in

Target Learners

  • undergraduates in a large enrollment introductory statistics bottleneck course
  • students scoring below 70% on an initial algebra assessment

Learning Goals

  • improving final exam scores, course grades, and non-repeatable grades (C or better) in introductory statistics

Claims

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Key Sources

  • Beemer, J., Spoon, K., He, L., Fan, J., & Levine, R.A. (2018). Ensemble Learning for Estimating Individualized Treatment Effects in Student Success Studies. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 28, 315–335. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40593-017-0148-x
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title STAT 119 supplemental instruction section (STAT 119A) at San Diego State University
description A one-credit supplemental instruction course attached to the large-enrollment STAT 119 introductory statistics course, enrolling 20–30 students per section meeting twice weekly for one hour.
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