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Game—Constructivist Exercises to Enhance Teaching of Probability and Statistics for Engineers

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  • Kingsley A. Reeves

    (Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620)

  • Victor Hernandez-Gantes

    (Department of Leadership, Counseling, Adult, Career and Higher Education, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620)

  • Grisselle Centeno

    (Department of Data Science and Business Analytics, Florida Polytechnic University, Lakeland, Florida 33805)

  • Carolina Gushi Nurnberg

    (Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620)

Abstract

A challenge in engineering education is the dominance of passive instructional methods such as lectures and memorization of facts. Constructivist teaching strategies, in contrast, increase students’ engagement, link what students learn to meaningful contexts, and potentially help students to better organize and transfer knowledge. In this paper, we present 12 exercises developed to aid in the incorporation of constructivist instructional approaches into an introductory probability and statistics engineering course. The objective of this paper is to disseminate the exercises for broader use and report on the experiences of using these exercises for the past 10 years.

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  • Kingsley A. Reeves & Victor Hernandez-Gantes & Grisselle Centeno & Carolina Gushi Nurnberg, 2021. "Game—Constructivist Exercises to Enhance Teaching of Probability and Statistics for Engineers," INFORMS Transactions on Education, INFORMS, vol. 22(1), pages 55-64, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orited:v:22:y:2021:i:1:p:55-64
    DOI: 10.1287/ited.2021.0246
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