| Abstract |
In many instances, it is found that students know when to apply continuity
correction when approximating a discrete distribution with a continuous
distribution in their assessment tests and final exam questions, yet not many
are able to score full mark for the related questions as the students tend to
apply the wrong continuity correction required. This shows that when it is
easy for the students to understand the reason for the application of
continuity correction, it is not easy for the students to quickly figure out
whether the continuity correction be +0.5 or –0.5. As such, the students tend
to memorise the continuity correction adjustment for faster retrieval during
any written test. This technique often fails to benefit the students because
there are many cases of continuity correction adjustments (9 different cases
altogether) to cover. Hence, the purpose of the introduction of the teaching
innovation titled Visualising Adjustment for Continuity Correction in statistics
classes is to enable the students to quickly remember the correct continuity
correction to be applied in any cases given to them, without memorising it,
but with some simple logical thinking and prior knowledge in drawing
number line. It is taking the advantage of the visualisation technique to
enable the students to understand the correct continuity correction to be
applied, meaningfully. This teaching innovation is applicable for any
statistics courses dealing with probability distribution. All the sciences
programs have at least one statistics paper covering probability in its
syllabus, and concept of continuity correction is one of the fundamental
basics in finding probability. As this teaching innovation does not require any
cost at all and yet can result in multiple fold effectiveness in visualising
adjustment for continuity correction, it will be of students’ choice to
remember the continuity correction logically and effortlessly. |