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Hokor, Evans Kofi; Apawu, Jones; Owusu-Ansah, Nana Akosua; Agormor, Sefakor – Pedagogical Research, 2022
Concerns about the influence of misconceptions, culture and social setting on probabilistic reasoning of teacher trainees led to a study in this area to explore the reasoning of preservice teachers from a college of education in Ghana. This study investigates preservice teachers' misconceptions and difficulties in probabilistic problems solving…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Misconceptions, Probability
González, Beatriz Adriana Rodríguez; Ibarra, Gabriela Noemí Figueroa; Barbosa, Omar Guirette; Muñoz, Héctor Antonio Durán – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2022
There is a growing interest in conducting research in educational mathematics in the area of the didactics of probability, where the main difficulties that students have in understanding the concepts related to statistical inference have been revealed. For this research, the concept of the empirical rule and a practical application created by…
Descriptors: Probability, Statistics Education, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Education
Hollylynne S. Lee; Hamid Sanei; Lisa Famularo; Jessica Masters; Laine Bradshaw; Madeline Schellman – Grantee Submission, 2023
Assessing students' conceptions related to independence of events and determining probabilities from a sample space has been the focus of research in probability education for over 40 years. While we know a lot from past studies about predictable ways students may reason with well-known tasks, developing a diagnostic assessment that can be used by…
Descriptors: Probability, Concept Formation, Validity, Misconceptions
Adolfo Angulo Romero; Francisco Eduardo Rengifo Silva; Atanacia Santacruz Espinoza; Jesús Ttito Quispe; Alan Christian López Castillo; Fausto David Berrocal Huarcaya – Online Submission, 2024
For Freudenthal, the practice of mathematics in the curriculum is not a set of predetermined theories, goals and means. On the contrary, it is always associated with positively understood phenomenological processes in mathematics, as the curriculum is often used in conjunction with the transformation or development of practice. For Freudenthal…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Phenomenology, Mathematics Curriculum, Educational Theories
Kuzu, Çigdem Inci – Journal of Educational Issues, 2021
Evaluating the effects of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on distance education applications in higher education is important for future practice. In this context, the aim of the study is to determine preservice mathematics teachers' conceptual-procedural knowledge level competencies and general thoughts about distance education in the…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Distance Education, Higher Education
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
Yeo, Joseph B. W. – Mathematics Teacher, 2012
Most students love to play games. Ernest (1986) believed that games could be used to teach mathematics effectively in four areas: motivation, concept development, reinforcement of skills, and practice of problem-solving strategies. Fifteen is an interesting and thought-provoking game that helps students learn mathematics at the same time. Playing…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Concept Formation, Spatial Ability, Geometric Concepts
Falk, Ruma; Konold, Clifford – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1994
Discusses students' preconceptions of randomness and offers an alternative way to think about the concept using the idea of complexity. That is, the randomness of a sequence can be measured by the difficulty of encoding it. Methods of judging complexity and implications for teaching are discussed. (Contains 30 references.) (MKR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Misconceptions

Fast, Gerald R. – School Science and Mathematics, 1999
Investigates the effectiveness of utilizing analogies to effect conceptual change in students' alternative-probability concepts. Results indicate that analogies can be effective in producing desired conceptual change in high school students' probability concepts. (Author/CCM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Dissonance, Concept Formation, Grade 12
SMOCK, CHARLES D.; BELOVICZ, GRETCHEN – 1968
INVESTIGATED WERE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT'S UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE CONCEPTS INTRINSIC TO PROBABILITY THEORY. THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES WERE TO EXPLORE (1) THE VARIATION AND CONSISTENCY IN USAGE OF QUANTITATIVE LANGUAGE TERMS, (2) THE ABILITY TO GENERATE POSSIBLE COMBINATIONS AND PERMUTATIONS, (3) THE RECOGNITION AND UTILIZATION OF THE CONCEPT OF…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Junior High Schools, Learning

Quinn, Robert J. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2001
Describes a series of activities using attribute blocks designed to help construct knowledge about and develop conceptual understanding of probability. (KHR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Junior High Schools, Manipulative Materials, Mathematics Activities

Castro, Cesar Saenz – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1998
Presents a theoretical proposal of a methodology for the teaching of probability theory. Discusses the importance of the epistemological approach of Lakatos and the perspective of the conceptual change. Discusses research using a proposed didactic method with Spanish high school students (N=6). Concludes that significant differences on all…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, High Schools, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Education

Jones, Graham – Arithmetic Teacher, 1979
The inclusion of probability in the school curriculum is argued to be justified on mathematical, psychological, and social grounds. Contemporary teaching approaches are suggested as sufficient. (MP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Curriculum, Elementary School Mathematics

Ewbank, William A.; Ginther, John L. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2002
Describes how to use common dice numbered 1-6 for simple mathematical situations including probability. Presents a lesson using regular dice and specially marked dice to explore some of the concepts of probability. (KHR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Curriculum Design, Manipulative Materials, Mathematics Education

Polaki, Mokaeane V. – Mathematical Thinking and Learning, 2002
Reports on a study entailing the design, implementation, and evaluation of two versions of a teaching experiment that traced students' growth in probabilistic thinking. Students in the first version focused on analyses of small sample experimental data and sample space composition. Students in the second version made connections between…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Uses in Education, Concept Formation, Data Analysis