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Lonneke Boels; Alex Lyford; Arthur Bakker; Paul Drijvers – Frontline Learning Research, 2023
Many students persistently misinterpret histograms. Literature suggests that having students solve dotplot items may prepare for interpreting histograms, as interpreting dotplots can help students realize that the statistical variable is presented on the horizontal axis. In this study, we explore a special case of this suggestion, namely, how…
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Interpretive Skills, Statistical Distributions, Graphs
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Knöchelmanna, Nina; Krueger, Sabine; Flack, Anita; Osterhaus, Christopher – Frontline Learning Research, 2019
The ability to correctly interpret data is an important skill in modern knowledge societies. The present study investigates adults' ability to interpret covariation data presented in bar graphs. Drawing on previous findings that show that the problem context influences the interpretation of contingency tables (grounded and concrete problems are…
Descriptors: Adults, Data Interpretation, Interpretive Skills, Graphs
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Moreno-Estevaa, Enrique Garcia; White, Sonia L. J.; Wood, Joanne M.; Black, Alex A. – Frontline Learning Research, 2018
In this research, we aimed to investigate the visual-cognitive behaviours of a sample of 106 children in Year 3 (8.8 ± 0.3 years) while completing a mathematics bar-graph task. Eye movements were recorded while children completed the task and the patterns of eye movements were explored using machine learning approaches. Two different techniques of…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Man Machine Systems, Mathematics Education, Eye Movements