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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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Papanastasiou, Elena C.; Ferdig, Richard E. – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2006
This article explores the existing and potential relationships between computer use and mathematical literacy. Specifically focusing on data obtained from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), the article describes some analyses of educational practices in U.S. schools in relation to various types of computer use and…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Computer Uses in Education, Numeracy, Correlation
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Johnson, Carol Siri – Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 2006
Over a period of 10 years, we have developed a sustainable process of online portfolio assessment that demonstrates both reliability and validity, using both qualitative and quantitative measures. The sustainable cycle is that, each semester, we assess a random sampling of the students' work that they have posted, as per our instructions, in an…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Technical Writing, Portfolio Assessment, Validity