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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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Sánchez Sánchez, Ernesto; García Rios, Víctor N.; Silvestre Castro, Eleazar; Licea, Guadalupe Carrasco – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2020
In this paper, we address the following questions: What misconceptions do high school students exhibit in their first encounter with significance test problems through a repeated sampling approach? Which theory or framework could explain the presence and features of such patterns? With brief prior instruction on the use of Fathom software to…
Descriptors: High School Students, Misconceptions, Statistical Significance, Testing
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AlZboon, Saleem Odeh – International Education Studies, 2013
The study amid at exploring and detecting the level of social adaptation and its relationship with the achievement motivation of the secondary school students in Jordan, the study sample consisted of 495 secondary school students in the province of Jerash, and to achieve the objective of this study comes the development of two tools: the first one…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Student Adjustment, Adjustment (to Environment)
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Al-Balushi, Sulaiman M.; Al-Aamri, Shamsa S. – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2014
The current study explores the effectiveness of involving students in environmental science projects for their environmental knowledge and attitudes towards science. The study design is a quasi-experimental pre-post control group design. The sample was 62 11th-grade female students studying at a public school in Oman. The sample was divided into…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Student Attitudes, Quasiexperimental Design
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Athan, Athit; Srisa-ard, Boonchom; Suikraduang, Arun – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
The aim of this work is to develop and investigate the model for assessing learning management on the enrichment science classrooms in the upper secondary education of the Development and Promotion of Science and Technology Talents Project in Thailand. Using the research methodologies with the four phases: to investigate the background of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Enrichment
Aguilar, Ramona Morin – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study will be to determine if there is a relationship between Hispanic student achievement and the percentage of Hispanic teachers per district in the state of Texas. Specifically, this study will investigate the relationship between the percentage of Hispanic students per district who pass the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Economically Disadvantaged, Academic Achievement, Predictor Variables