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Watson, Jane M.; English, Lyn D. – Journal of Statistics Education, 2016
As an extension to an activity introducing Year 5 students to the practice of statistics, the software "TinkerPlots" made it possible to collect repeated random samples from a finite population to informally explore students' capacity to begin reasoning with a distribution of sample statistics. This article provides background for the…
Descriptors: Sampling, Statistics, Mathematics Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
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McNaught, Keith; Hoyne, Gerard – Issues in Educational Research, 2013
In response to staff concerns about literacy and numeracy standards of commencing students, the School of Health Sciences at the University of Notre Dame Australia (UNDA) Fremantle campus worked with academic support staff from the University's Academic Enabling and Support Centre (AESC) to develop a Post Entrance Numeracy Assessment (PENA). The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Sciences, Student Evaluation, Numeracy
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Utley, Juliana; Reeder, Stacy – Investigations in Mathematics Learning, 2012
Can prospective elementary teachers "unlearn" harmful algorithms used with fractions as they are invited to develop fraction number sense? This study examined the development of prospective elementary teachers' fraction number sense during an intermediate (grades 5-8) mathematics methods course. During this course, participants' were involved in a…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Scores, Methods Courses, Grade 5