Search Results - "Lesser, Lawrence M."

Authors' response to Michael Martin.

Authors: Pearl, Dennis K. Lesser, Lawrence M.

Source: Teaching Statistics. Jul2023, Vol. 45 Issue 3, p146-147. 2p.

Subject Terms: *Statistical literacy, *Educational entertainment, *Critical thinking, Selectivity (Psychology)

Considering AI for Generating Mnemonics to Support Learning in Introductory Business Statistics.

Authors: Mocko, Megan E. Lesser, Lawrence M. Lugo, Alejandra et al.

Source: Ohio Journal of School Mathematics. Fall2025, Vol. 101, p142-168. 28p.

Subject Terms: *Mnemonics, *Test anxiety, *Educational technology, *Learning, *Artificial intelligence, Language models, Long-term memory, Commercial statistics

Poetry projects and activities help make students well‐versed in statistics.

Authors: Lesser, Lawrence M.¹ (AUTHOR) lesser@utep.edu

Source: Teaching Statistics. Summer2025, Vol. 47 Issue 2, p139-149. 11p.

Subject Terms: *Statistical literacy, *Classroom activities, *Learning, *Writers' workshops, *Student engagement, Statistics, Poetry (Literary form)

Statistical edutainment with confidence.

Authors: Pearl, Dennis K. Lesser, Lawrence M.

Source: Teaching Statistics. Spring2020, Vol. 42 Issue 1, p23-27. 5p.

Subject Terms: *Educational entertainment, *Confidence, *Concept learning

Poll position: A sampling of statistical edutainment.

Authors: Pearl, Dennis K. Lesser, Lawrence M.

Source: Teaching Statistics. Sep2021, Vol. 43 Issue 3, p124-128. 5p.

Subject Terms: *Educational entertainment, *Concept learning, Statistical sampling

COOKIE(X) = 1/2.

Authors: Lesser, Lawrence M.¹ lesser@utep.edu

Source: Journal of Humanistic Mathematics. Jul2023, Vol. 13 Issue 2, preceding p513-514. 3p.

Statistical edutainment that lines up and fits.

Authors: Pearl, Dennis K. Lesser, Lawrence M.

Source: Teaching Statistics. Spring2021, Vol. 43 Issue 1, p45-51. 7p.

Subject Terms: *Educational entertainment, *Concept learning

Poetic Reactions.

Authors: Lesser, Lawrence M.¹ Lesser@utep.edu

Source: Journal of Humanistic Mathematics. Jan2013, Vol. 3 Issue 1, p156-161. 6p.

Technology-rich standards-based statistics: Improving introductory statistics at the college level.

Authors: Lesser, Lawrence M.

Source: T.H.E. Journal; Feb98, Vol. 25 Issue 7, p54, 4p, 1 Color Photograph

Statistical edutainment that counts.

Authors: Pearl, Dennis K. Lesser, Lawrence M.

Source: Teaching Statistics. Summer2020, Vol. 42 Issue 2, p66-71. 6p.

Subject Terms: *Educational entertainment, *Concept learning, *Census

Statistical edutainment: Reversing comparisons.

Authors: Lesser, Lawrence M. Pearl, Dennis K.

Source: Teaching Statistics. Fall2019, Vol. 41 Issue 3, p118-122. 5p.

Subject Terms: *Academic motivation, *Educational entertainment, Paradox

Visualizing statistical edutainment: What you see is what you get.

Authors: Lesser, Lawrence M. Pearl, Dennis K.

Source: Teaching Statistics. Jul2023, Vol. 45 Issue 3, p131-142. 12p.

Subject Terms: *Educational entertainment, Data visualization, Data science

Statistical edutainment: An experimental way to teach for good measure.

Authors: Pearl, Dennis K. Lesser, Lawrence M.

Source: Teaching Statistics. Jan2023, Vol. 45 Issue 1, p45-56. 12p.

Subject Terms: *Experimental methods in education, *Educational entertainment

A Survey on How College Students in a Statistical Literacy Course Apply Statistics Terms to People.

Authors: Lesser, Lawrence M. Santos, Martin

Source: Journal of Statistics & Data Science Education. 2024, Vol. 32 Issue 1, p83-97. 15p.

Subject Terms: *Statistical literacy, *College students, *Teaching experience, Anonymous persons, Statistics, Ambiguity

On the use of mnemonics for teaching statistics.

Authors: Lesser, Lawrence M.¹, Lesser@utep.edu

Source: Model Assisted Statistics & Applications; 2011, Vol. 6 Issue 2, p151-160, 10p, 2 Diagrams, 1 Chart

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS: LESSONS LEARNED FROM AN EXPLORATORY CASE STUDY OF TWO PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS.

Authors: LESSER, LAWRENCE M. WINSOR, MATTHEW S.

Source: Statistics Education Research Journal. 2009, Vol. 8 Issue 2, p5-32. 28p. 3 Charts.

Subject Terms: *English language education in universities & colleges, *College curriculum, *College students, *Case method (Teaching), *Education research

Geographic Terms: United States

Higher Meanings: A Speaker Series Connecting Mathematics and Religion.

Authors: Lesser, Lawrence M. Barrientos, Patricia S. Zeidman, Ben

Source: Journal of Humanistic Mathematics. Jul2022, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p357-377. 21p.

Statistical edutainment: A means to vary how we teach summary statistics.

Authors: Pearl, Dennis K. Lesser, Lawrence M.

Source: Teaching Statistics. Jun2022, Vol. 44 Issue 2, p82-89. 8p.

Subject Terms: *Educational entertainment, *Concept learning, Statistics

Take a chance on statistical edutainment.

Authors: Lesser, Lawrence M. Pearl, Dennis K.

Source: Teaching Statistics. Mar2022, Vol. 44 Issue 1, p34-42. 9p.

Subject Terms: *Educational entertainment, *Concept learning

Moving Between Inner and Outer Worlds.

Authors: Lesser, Lawrence M. Lesser@utep.edu

Source: Journal of Humanistic Mathematics. Jan2017, Vol. 7 Issue 1, p275-284. 10p.