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Direct linkRoth, Wolff-Michael – International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning, 2003
Past research has shown that many scientists, when asked to interpret unfamiliar graphs that have nevertheless been culled from introductory undergraduate courses in their own field, experience problems and cannot give the standard answer accepted in the field. Yet, these same scientists turn out to be highly competent when it comes to graphs from…
Descriptors: Scientists, Laboratories, Graphs, Data Interpretation
Bowen, G. Michael; Roth, Wolff-Michael – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2005
The interpretation of data and construction and interpretation of graphs are central practices in science, which, according to recent reform documents, science and mathematics teachers are expected to foster in their classrooms. However, are (preservice) science teachers prepared to teach inquiry with the purpose of transforming and analyzing…
Descriptors: Investigations, Data Interpretation, Preservice Teachers, Graphs
