Abstract: Firstly, learning of the students was analyzed to understand the physiology, psychology, cognition, learning status as well as common and individual characteristics of management and economics majors in learning the course Statistics. Secondly, a new teaching mode-three-combination teaching mode-was created to tackle some of the key problems in curriculum and teaching reform, i.e. weakness in basics of mathematical statistics, lack of practical application, and difficulty in integrating basic and specific knowledge. Purposes of combination of these three pairs of aspects-combination of methodological characteristics and methodology field of the course of Statistics, combination of textbook theory and local practice, and combination of school classroom and extended classroom-are to make sure that the students are put in the central position and the results will be followed as guidelines, so that improvement can be sustained and course ideological and political education can be integrated, and the spirit of patriotism, dedication and responsibility can be cultivated in the students. Finally, the statistics ability of the students can improve to make sure that they have expertise and are application-ready to assume both economics and managerial posts to meet social needs of constructing new Yunnan and the frontier areas.

Key words: “three-combination” mode, cooperative education, local practice