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Let Computational Thinking Permeate Biostatistics Education of Public Health Students

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ICDEL '21: Proceedings of the 2021 6th International Conference on Distance Education and Learning

Pages 283 - 288

https://doi.org/10.1145/3474995.3475043

Published: 22 November 2021 Publication History

ICDEL '21: Proceedings of the 2021 6th International Conference on Distance Education and Learning

Let Computational Thinking Permeate Biostatistics Education of Public Health Students

Pages 283 - 288

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An overarching goal of biostatistics education at any public health school is to cultivate students' ability to solve real-world problems. This paper discusses unconventional approaches to enhancing students' problem-solving ability in the setting of an online master degree program in epidemiology. Citing students' actual work, the author advocates shifting more attention to how to foster knowledge elaboration, an integral, yet oft-overlooked part of problem-based learning. The author further illustrates how computational thinking skills can be weaved into biostatistics teaching to facilitate knowledge elaboration.

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Zheng Q(2024)Bringing Conceptual Knowledge of Biostatistics into the Zone of Proximal Development via Integrated Computing ExercisesCreative Approaches to Technology-Enhanced Learning for the Workplace and Higher Education10.1007/978-3-031-73427-4_29(283-293)Online publication date: 25-Oct-2024
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-73427-4_29
Zheng Q(2022)Integrating computational thinking into a longitudinal data analysis course for public health studentsDiscover Education10.1007/s44217-022-00015-w1:1Online publication date: 27-Oct-2022
https://doi.org/10.1007/s44217-022-00015-w

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Zheng Q(2024)Bringing Conceptual Knowledge of Biostatistics into the Zone of Proximal Development via Integrated Computing ExercisesCreative Approaches to Technology-Enhanced Learning for the Workplace and Higher Education10.1007/978-3-031-73427-4_29(283-293)Online publication date: 25-Oct-2024
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-73427-4_29
Zheng Q(2022)Integrating computational thinking into a longitudinal data analysis course for public health studentsDiscover Education10.1007/s44217-022-00015-w1:1Online publication date: 27-Oct-2022
https://doi.org/10.1007/s44217-022-00015-w

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