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Wickett, Maryann; Hendrix-Martin, Eunice – Stenhouse Publishers, 2011
Multiple-choice testing is an educational reality. Rather than complain about the negative impact these tests may have on teaching and learning, why not use them to better understand your students' true mathematical knowledge and comprehension? Maryann Wickett and Eunice Hendrix-Martin show teachers how to move beyond the student's answer--right…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Student Evaluation, Standardized Tests, Multiple Choice Tests
Watson, Jane M.; Kelly, Ben A. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
A series of 13 survey questions based on a 50-50 spinner is used to explore school students' understanding of statistical variation in a chance setting. Five questions set the context by assessing understanding of theoretical expectation and representation of repeated trials in a stacked dot (line) plot. Four questions provide opportunity to…
Descriptors: Expectation, Comprehension, Statistics, Probability