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Lisa J. Elliott; Joan Middendorf – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2024
Teaching and learning undergraduate statistics has been a most challenging task for undergraduate psychology majors (Salkind, 2017). A seasoned statistics instructor consulted with a seasoned instructional designer on a method to improve a particularly demanding course using a performance improvement approach to address learning difficulties she…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Psychological Studies, Statistics Education, Teaching Methods
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Stine Gerster Johansen – Digital Experiences in Mathematics Education, 2024
This article presents a case study that explores digital experiences in statistics teaching within Danish lower secondary school, focusing on the development of students' statistical concepts. The study tracks the progress of a student named Frida, who engages with the digital tool TinkerPlots over the span of a year. Frida developed a unique…
Descriptors: Statistics Education, Foreign Countries, Statistical Distributions, Mathematical Concepts
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Fielding, Jill; Makar, Katie – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2022
Conceptual challenge is often considered a necessary ingredient for promoting deep learning in an inquiry-based environment. However, challenge alone does not support conceptual development. In this paper, we draw on complexity theory as a theoretical lens to explore how a primary teacher facilitated students' conceptual change through repeated…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Statistics Education, Mathematics Education, Elementary School Mathematics
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Ernesto Sánchez; Victor Nozair García-Ríos; Francisco Sepúlveda – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2024
Sampling distributions are fundamental for statistical inference, yet their abstract nature poses challenges for students. This research investigates the development of high school students' conceptions of sampling distribution through informal significance tests with the aid of digital technology. The study focuses on how technological tools…
Descriptors: High School Students, Concept Formation, Thinking Skills, Skill Development
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Chaput, J. Scott; Crack, Timothy Falcon; Onishchenko, Olena – Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education, 2021
How accurately can final-year students majoring in statistics, physics, and finance label the vertical axis of a normal distribution, explain their label, identify units, and answer a question about the impact of horizontal-axis rescaling? Our survey finds that only 27 out of 148 students surveyed (i.e., 18.2%) could label the vertical axis of the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Advanced Students, Business Administration Education, Mathematics Skills
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González, Orlando – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2021
Many studies have reported on the influence of teachers' conceptions of variability on different aspects of their professional knowledge for teaching statistics and their classroom practices. However, research on these kind of conceptions is still scarce, particularly in Latin American countries like Venezuela. In an effort to help fill this gap,…
Descriptors: Statistics Education, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematical Concepts, Knowledge Level