Teaching statistics using dance and movement

Use of Peer Mentoring, Interdisciplinary Collaboration, and Archival Datasets for Engaging Undergraduates in Publishable Research

“…Other authors have addressed models for involving undergraduates in high-quality research and encouraging presentation and publication of findings(e.g., Gibson et al, 1996; Hughes, 2014; McKelvie and Standing, 2018). A plethora of research literature also addresses challenges of improving writing (Stellmack et al, 2012; Jorgensen and Marek, 2013; Greenberg, 2015) and statistical skills (e.g., Lyle and Crawford, 2011; Lim et al, 2015; Hartnett, 2016); or for a truly novel approach to teaching statistics, see Irving (2015). Other practices, such as fostering interest in quality research during introductory psychology courses, are also beyond the scope of our article.…”

Innovation in education. Commentary: Teaching statistics using dance and movement and a case for neuroscience in mathematics education

“…Here it is clear that concepts such as geometry and symmetry can be readily mapped to the body shapes that would be practiced with Dance and that these naturalistic physical movements that are practiced in the dance studio can also be mapped to the understating of mathematical concepts (Tahta, 1989 ; Belcastro and Schaffer, 2011 ). Dance may in fact be the mis-en-place type intervention that could facilitate mathematical competence (Irving, 2015 ) 1 .…”

The state of the art in student engagement

“…In a highly original article, Irving ( 2015 ) describes her work on the use of dance to engage students with the development of statistical literacy. Research methods and statistics are traditionally viewed as difficult topics by undergraduate psychology students and many fail to engage due to the (miss) perceived difficulty that they may encounter (Onwuegbuzie and Wilson, 2010 ).…”