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Wednesday, July 01, 2020

Using blogs in statistics assessment


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Teaching statistics and methods courses have different meanings to different instructor / educator. Adding authenticity and experimenting something different have always been the drive behind the teaching, learning, and assessments of the courses that I taught. So, when the new curriculum structure for our Bachelor’s degree was implemented in September 2017, everyone taking Psychological Statistics was required to develop a group project via blog as a part of the assessment of the course. In this project, students collected data using established scales, carried out the whole steps in data analysis using IBM SPSS Statistics, and recorded how they performed each of the steps in a blog. 

This transition to the new curriculum and blog assessment (together with the shift to mass lectures due to high student enrolment and attrition among faculty at the same time) was not without its challenges. But we persevered. Because the students are still learning the nuances of the course, their level of understanding, knowledge, and statistical or even blogging skills can sometimes limit their contribution, and their work may not be as polished as that of advanced level learners. However, I am keeping their blog list below for my record and for anyone seeking an idea on what to do (or not to do). 
 
SEMESTER 2, 2017/2018
SEMESTER 1, 2018/2019

SEMESTER 2, 2018/2019


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