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Meng Li – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2024
The profound advancements in technology have rendered novel forms of data and data visualisation increasingly accessible to individuals within society, thereby influencing daily decision-making processes. To address this change, this study sets out to review recent research on data-driven inquiries at the K-12 level from two perspectives:…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Data Analysis, Mathematics Instruction, Statistics Education
Watson, Jane; Fitzallen, Noleine – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2021
Statistical terms are used in everyday language and, at times, used in non-statistical ways. It is often assumed students understand statistical terms because of their common use; however, research into their understanding of specific statistical terms is scant. This report focuses on 58 Year 3 students' responses to the basic question, "What…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Data Analysis
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Kim, Eun Mi; Oláh, Leslie Nabors; Peters, Stephanie – ETS Research Report Series, 2020
K-12 students are expected to acquire competence in data display as part of developing statistical literacy. To support research, assessment design, and instruction, we developed a hypothesized learning progression (LP) using existing empirical literature in the fields of mathematics and statistics education. The data display LP posits a…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Statistics Education, Teaching Methods, Data Analysis
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Watts, Mike – Early Child Development and Care, 2021
Fredrich Froebel was a scientist, both in instinct and in training, and his life coincided with an important and dynamic period of scientific growth. I take this opportunity to delve both into some history and futurology to examine the heritage and legacy of his work. The usual of interpolation is of reading into data: where there exist some…
Descriptors: Scientists, History, Futures (of Society), Scientific Research
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So, Winnie Wing-Mui; Chen, Yu – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2018
E-learning is playing a significant and increasing role in elementary science education. The purpose of this study was to explore how primary Grade 3 students constructed an understanding of seasons through a series of interactive e-learning activities. One class of Grade 3 students from one local primary school was invited to participate in this…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Elementary School Students, Weather, Grade 3
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Doshmanziari, Esfandiar; Mostafavi, Aida – International Education Studies, 2017
The aim of this study was to examine the barriers to use of educational technology in the learning process of primary school students in district 13 of Tehran. This research in terms of purpose is practical, in terms of the title characteristics of the research is descriptive, and in terms of data collection method is a field research. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Barriers, Educational Technology, Learning Processes
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Lord, Kathleen M.; Noel, Andrea M.; Slevin, Bridgette – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2016
This study examined the 4th-grade National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) assessments (history, geography, and civics) and 3rd- and 4th-grade social studies standards from nine randomly selected states and organized the content around three global concepts (conflict, movement, discovery) and six specific concepts (war, rebellion,…
Descriptors: Social Studies, National Competency Tests, Common Core State Standards, Grade 4
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Nabie, Michael Johnson – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2015
This study explored Ghanaian primary school teachers' values and challenges of integrating cultural games in teaching mathematics. Using an In-depth conversational interview, ten (10) certificated teachers' voices on the values and challenges of integrating games were examined. Thematic data analysis was applied to the qualitative data from the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, African Culture, Games, Mathematics Instruction
Bienkowski, Marie; Feng, Mingyu; Means, Barbara – Office of Educational Technology, US Department of Education, 2012
As more of commerce, entertainment, communication, and learning are occurring over the Web, the amount of data online activities generate is skyrocketing. Commercial entities have led the way in developing techniques for harvesting insights from this mass of data for use in identifying likely consumers of their products, in refining their products…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Data Analysis, Barriers
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Gillanders, Cristina; Mason, Erin; Ritchie, Sharon – Young Children, 2011
FirstSchool is a school reform approach to early schooling for children 3 to 8 years old. It was developed over the past five years through a collaborative partnership among families, schools, communities, and institutions of higher education. The approach responds to the needs of all young children--especially in African American or Latino…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Teaching Methods, Teacher Competencies, Educational Research