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Direct linkWatier, Nicholas N.; Lamontagne, Claude; Chartier, Sylvain – Journal of Statistics Education, 2011
The arithmetic mean is a fundamental statistical concept. Unfortunately, social science students rarely develop an intuitive understanding of the mean and rely on the formula to describe or define it. According to constructivist pedagogy, educators that have access to a variety of conceptualizations of a particular concept are better equipped to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Strategies, Constructivism (Learning), Social Sciences
Sheldon, Neil – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2004
This article defines the generalized mean and shows how it relates to such statistics as the arithmetic, geometric and harmonic means.
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Computation, Statistics, Statistical Analysis
Johanningmeier, Ervin V. – American Educational History Journal, 2004
This article features the life and accomplishments of Stuart Appleton Courtis. As a teacher, a developer of tests in a variety of subjects, a member of several school surveys, a student of educational measurement, and a director of a bureau of educational research, Courtis participated in the twentieth-century transformation of public education.…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Measurement Techniques, School Surveys, Public Education
