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CadwalladerOlsker, Todd – Mathematics Teacher, 2019
Students studying statistics often misunderstand what statistics represent. Some of the most well-known misunderstandings of statistics revolve around null hypothesis significance testing. One pervasive misunderstanding is that the calculated p-value represents the probability that the null hypothesis is true, and that if p < 0.05, there is…
Descriptors: Statistics, Mathematics Education, Misconceptions, Hypothesis Testing
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Lane-Getaz, Sharon – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2017
In reaction to misuses and misinterpretations of p-values and confidence intervals, a social science journal editor banned p-values from its pages. This study aimed to show that education could address misuse and abuse. This study examines inference-related learning outcomes for social science students in an introductory course supplemented with…
Descriptors: Statistical Inference, Outcomes of Education, Introductory Courses, Social Sciences
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Hourigan, Mairéad; Leavy, Aisling M. – Teacher Educator, 2017
Teacher knowledge is a critical focus of educational research in light of the potential impact of teacher knowledge on student learning. The dearth of research exploring entry-level preservice teachers' geometric knowledge poses an onerous challenge for mathematics educators in initial teacher education (ITE) when designing experiences that…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Skills
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Aquilonius, Birgit C.; Brenner, Mary E. – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2015
Results from a study of 16 community college students are presented. The research question concerned how students reasoned about p-values. Students' approach to p-values in hypothesis testing was procedural. Students viewed p-values as something that one compares to alpha values in order to arrive at an answer and did not attach much meaning to…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Statistics
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Begolli, Kreshnik Nasi; Richland, Lindsey Engle – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
Comparing multiple solutions to a single problem is an important mode for developing flexible mathematical thinking, yet instructionally leading this activity is challenging (Stein, Engle, Smith, & Hughes, 2008). We test 1 decision teachers must make after having students solve a problem: whether to only verbally discuss students' solutions or…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Decision Making, Problem Solving
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Sotos, Ana Elisa Castro; Vanhoof, Stijn; Van den Noortgate, Wim; Onghena, Patrick – Journal of Statistics Education, 2009
Both researchers and teachers of statistics have made considerable efforts during the last decades to re-conceptualize statistics courses in accordance with the general reform movement in mathematics education. However, students still hold misconceptions about statistical inference even after following a reformed course. The study presented in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Student Attitudes, Measures (Individuals), Statistical Inference
Grant, Timothy S.; Nathan, Mitchell J. – Wisconsin Center for Education Research (NJ1), 2008
Confidence intervals are beginning to play an increasing role in the reporting of research findings within the social and behavioral sciences and, consequently, are becoming more prevalent in beginning classes in statistics and research methods. Confidence intervals are an attractive means of conveying experimental results, as they contain a…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Intervals, Research Methodology, Figurative Language