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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
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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
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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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Reys, Robert E. – School Science and Mathematics, 1978
This discussion of the results from the probability questions of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) identifies probability as an area of serious concern. (MP) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Results (Interpretation).
Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Instruction, Knowledge Level
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Watson, Jane; Moritz, Jonathan – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 1998
Explores understanding of chance measurement and how this develops over time through the analysis of response data collected in 1993, 1995, and 1997. Analyzes this data to document changes in levels of observed student outcomes using the Structure of the Observed Learning Outcome (SOLO) developmental model. Results indicate no improvements in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cohort Analysis, Cross Sectional Studies, Elementary Secondary Education
Watson, Jane, Ed.; Beswick, Kim, Ed. – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2007
This is a record of the proceedings of the 30th annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA). The theme of the conference is "Mathematics: Essential research, essential practice." The theme draws attention to the importance of developing and maintaining links between research and practice and…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Secondary School Mathematics, Concept Mapping, Student Teachers