@debruineI'm enjoying @emilynordmann's RIOTS talk on "R is for Reproducibility". See the #PsyTeachR preprint for further discussion of the themes from her talk. #rstats
@debruineMost undergraduate stats and methods programs in psychology barely cover the data skills needed to go from raw data to the format you need for analysis. Students often do well in their courses, then can't deal with actual data when they start independent research.
@debruineOne pedagogical feature of Glasgow's methods curriculum is using the #rstats package webexercises to embed retrieval practice throughout our textbooks.
@debruineAnother feature is the use of several small-stakes assessments. This is a challenge for marking, but this is made much easier using @dalejbarr's assessr #rstats package.
@debruineOne important assessment type is debugging questions, where students are given code with an error and are asked to debug it.
Another type is where student are given output like a plot and are asked to write thecode that creates it.
We also use MCQ format to model reading existing code (e.g., in a help forum) and determining what code is relevant to the question.
@debruine@emilynordmann describes a great assessment for first-year students where they each collect data and create plots of their own data (a few dozen subjects) and the whole class's data (several thousand subjects) to learn how sample size affects descriptive stats and visualisations.
@debruine@tech.lgbt@emilynordmann spoke on how to upskill staff. She and I are teaching a 10-week microcredential course starting January 23 (£799, with some funded places for Scotland residents). The book we wrote for this course is free at https://psyteachr.github.io/, but you’ll also get access to recorded lectures, chapter walk-through videos, and individual help on a Teams channel and Zoom office hours.
https://www.gla.ac.uk/study/microcredentials/applieddataskillsforprocessingandpresentingdata/
@debruineOne question was on how to set up your own course textbooks. I'll be offering a workshop on how to set up online textbooks using quarto and #rstats in the new year (I'll announce it here).
You can also fork the repository for our curent book template if you have some experience with github.
@debruine Hi Lisa,
That was from me. I was seconded to an organisation for the last couple of years, but will be leaving soon.
I thought the best thing I could do before I go would be to start compiling a list of resources, SOPs, work actions etc. as part of a Rmd file and remembered that the PsyTeachR group had a template, but I've never gone down this road before.
I'm thinking of it as a internal resource for new staff that can be expanded on after I leave...
But I need to start it first!