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Ozmen, Zeynep Medine; Guven, Bulent – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2019
Introductory statistics courses, which are important in preparing students for their daily lives, generally derive inferential statistics from informal knowledge. In this transition process, sampling distributions have an important place, yet research has shown that students often have difficulties with this concept. In order to increase their…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Sampling, Undergraduate Students, Correlation
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Ertekin, Erhan; Yazici, Ersen; Delice, Ali – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2014
The aim of the present study is to determine the influence of concept definitions of cylinder and cone on primary mathematics student teachers' construction of relevant concept images. The study had a relational survey design and the participants were 238 primary mathematics student teachers. Statistical analyses implied the following: mathematics…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Teachers, Mathematical Concepts, Concept Formation
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Munisamy, Susila; Doraisamy, Logeswary – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 1998
Discusses the performance of Malaysian secondary school students on a probability concepts test covering various intuitive and taught probability concepts. Describes the establishment of a probability concepts hierarchy and considers probability understanding in relation to independent variables. Boys, Form Six students, and students with a higher…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Foreign Countries