A group approach to the introductory statistics course in psychology

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The statistics course given as part of Psychology I in 1976 is described. The course was a modified group Keller course in which the 230 students were assigned to mixed ability groups of 4–6 which worked through the 11 units of course material under the guidance of paid student proctors. Students were required to work together in their groups. Progress was primarily self‐paced, but deadlines were set. The course material was organised to stress the understanding of principles; probability and nonparametric procedures were emphasised. The course was successful: even in a class of mixed backgrounds it appeared to have achieved, by comparison with what might have been expected of a conventional course, no decrease in learning, a reduction in cost, an increase in individual contact, and an improvement in student attitudes.

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