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Can We Use Polya’s Method to Improve Students’ Performance in the Statistics Classes?
Numeracy (2015)
  • Indika R. Wickramasinghe, Eastern New Mexico University
  • James Valles Jr., Prairie View A&M University
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Abstract
In this study, Polya’s problem-solving method is introduced in a statistics class in an effort to enhance students’ performance.Teaching the method was applied to one of the two introductory-level statistics classes taught by the same instructor, and a comparison was made between the performances in the two classes. The results indicate there was a significant improvement of the students’ performance in the class in which Polya’s method was introduced.
Keywords
  • teaching statistics,
  • Polya’s Problem-Solving Method,
  • Student’s Performance
Disciplines
Publication Date
2015
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1936-4660.8.1.12
Citation Information
Wickramasinghe, Indika, and James Valles. "Can We Use Polya’s Method to Improve Students’ Performance in the Statistics Classes?." Numeracy 8, Iss. 1 (2015): Article 12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1936-4660.8.1.12
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