Tuesday, October 16
11:30-11:50 AM
PDT
Las Vegas Ballroom 7

Practicing connections: A new design framework for developing courseware in rich domains

Brief Paper ID: 53670
  1. Ji Son
    California State University, Los Angeles
  2. James Stigler
    University of California, Los Angeles

Abstract: Students of complex domains (such as statistics) gain some knowledge of a large assortment of concepts and skills, yet often fail to comprehend the core ideas that link these concepts and procedures together. In order to give students a more coherent view of a rich domain, and thus a more flexible understanding that can be applied appropriately across a number of situations, we develop a framework for instructional design based on research in cognitive science called the Practicing-Connections Hypothesis. We implement that framework in a free online interactive textbook for introductory statistics. We report on the initial design of the course and our first experiences implementing these ideas.

Presider: Patrick Devey, Algonquin College

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