Jim Clark asks: We're thinking about using Aplia in our intro stats course. A couple of questions.
1. Anyone used Aplia with Pagano or other stats text? Your impressions? Jim, I have used Aplia with Howell's Fundamental Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (8th edition) for a required second year statistics course, and I think it's great. You can bundle it with a hard-copy text, or students can buy it alone (it includes an electronic version of the text). It has a good set of questions for each chapter to assess students' understanding of the material, with immediate feedback and explanations of answers. Completion of the optional weekly Aplia problem sets is associated with higher final exam grades in the course. This finding should be interpreted with caution, as students had the option of completing or not completing the Aplia assignments, i.e., students were not randomly assigned to groups. The learning curve for the instructor is quite steep, but less so for the students who seem to catch on to its use effortlessly. Overall, I would recommend Aplia's use in a stats course. -Max Gwynn Maxwell Gwynn, Ph.D. Assistant Professor & Academic Advisor Department of Psychology Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, ON Canada N2L 3C5 519-884-0710 ext 3854 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=43580 or send a blank email to leave-43580-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
