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Peer reviewedSnyder, C. R. – Teaching of Psychology, 1997
Describes a class experiment illustrating students' illusions about their own mortality (often referred to as "unique invulnerability"). The students received information, culled from actuarial tables, concerning age and mortality rates. The students consistently overestimated their own age of death even when told they would do so. (MJP)
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Class Activities, Death, Expectation
Download full textDay, Roger P.; And Others – 1987
A quasi-experimental design with two experimental groups and one control group was used to evaluate the use of two books in the Quantitative Literacy Series, "Exploring Data" and "Exploring Probability." Group X teachers were those who had attended a workshop on the use of the materials and were using the materials during the…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Experimental Curriculum, Inservice Teacher Education, Mathematics Curriculum
Southwell, Beth, Ed.; And Others – 1992
A conference proceedings on mathematics education research contained the following keynote addresses: "Doing and Constructing Mathematics in Screen-Space" (Mason); "Students' Understanding of Geometry: Theoretical Perspectives" (Pegg); "The Australian Research Council and its Role in Supporting Education Research"…
Descriptors: Algebra, Calculus, Computer Uses in Education, Constructivism (Learning)
