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Per Nilsson; Andreas Eckert – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2024
This study contributes to the call for influencing practice by increasing attention to how learning environments can be designed to support learning in statistical inference. We report on a design experiment in secondary school (students 14-16 years old), that resulted in a set of lessons with the learning goal of teaching students how to apply…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Hypothesis Testing, Secondary School Students
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Fergusson, Anna; Pfannkuch, Maxine – Journal of Statistics Education, 2020
Informally testing the fit of a probability distribution model is educationally a desirable precursor to formal methods for senior secondary school students. Limited research on how to teach such an informal approach, lack of statistically sound criteria to enable drawing of conclusions, as well as New Zealand assessment requirements led to this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Statistics Education, Probability, Goodness of Fit
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Dunn, Peter K.; Marshman, Margaret – Australian Mathematics Education Journal, 2020
Peter Dunn and Margaret Marshman present the second of their data files articles in which they discuss the statistical investigation cycle which describes the whole process of conducting a statistical research study. [For "The Data Files: A Series of Articles to Support Mathematics Teachers to Teach Statistics," see EJ1259108.]
Descriptors: Statistics, Data Analysis, Teaching Methods, Problem Solving
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Shadreck, Mandina; Enunuwe, Ochonogor Chukunoye – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2017
The study sought to find out difficulties encountered by high school chemistry students when solving stoichiometric problems and how these could be overcome by using a problem-solving approach. The study adopted a quasi-experimental design. 485 participants drawn from 8 highs schools in a local education district in Zimbabwe participated in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Problem Solving, Chemistry
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Sanches, Cristina; Gouveia-Pereira, Maria; Carugati, Felice – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2012
Background: The current paper is based on two different approaches. One is the relational model of authority (Tyler & Lind, 1992), which addresses the effects of justice perceptions on the legitimacy of authorities and behavioural compliance. The other is Emler and Reicher's theory (1995, 2005), which explains the involvement of adolescents in…
Descriptors: Evidence, Adolescents, Teaching Methods, Justice
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Suleman, Qaiser; Hussain, Ishtiaq – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
The purpose of the research paper was to investigate the effect of eclectic learning approach on the academic achievement and retention of students in English at elementary level. A sample of forty students of 8th grade randomly selected from Government Boys High School Khurram District Karak was used. It was an experimental study and that's why…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Academic Achievement, School Holding Power, Pretests Posttests
Sobol, Elise S. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This research study was built upon findings in neuroscience of the brain's natural ability to physically change itself through cognitive modifiability by creating new pathways and neural connections. The purpose of the research was to investigate instructional music applications for improvement in basic math skills with students who are on the…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Mathematics Skills, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders