The study of effectiveness of computer-assisted instruction versus traditional lecture in probability and statistics

The purpose of this study is to enhance teaching quality and effect of probability and statistics by computer-assisted instruction (CAI). Using multimedia technology and statistical software, the paper researched mainly three aspects of probability and statistics teaching. Firstly, the paper summarized traditional lecture of probability and statistics and pointed its shortcoming in enhancing teaching quality and effect. Secondly, the paper expatiated CAI in probability and statistics, including some skills of doing multimedia courseware, application of statistical software and how to make use of network. At last, using statistical package for social science (SPSS) 13.0, the paper stressed the effectiveness CAI versus traditional lecture in probability and statistics through a living example. © 2010 IEEE.