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Hedges, Sarai; Harkness, Shelly Sheats; Given, Kim – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2022
In this article we report on middle school students' understanding of concepts related to the second step of the statistical problem-solving process, study design: create a plan and collect data. Students participated in an open-ended statistics lesson involving nonexperimental study design. For this research we analyzed the students' discourse…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Concept Formation, Research Design, Data Collection
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Cetinkaya, Bulent; Kertil, Mahmut; Erbas, Ayhan Kursat; Korkmaz, Himmet; Alacaci, Cengiz; Cakiroglu, Erdinc – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2016
Adopting a multitiered design-based research perspective, this study examines pre-service secondary mathematics teachers' developing conceptions about (a) the nature of mathematical modeling in simulations of "real life" problem solving, and (b) pedagogical principles and strategies needed to teach mathematics through modeling. Unlike…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Mathematical Models
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Phillips, Katherine A.; Germann, Paul J. – American Biology Teacher, 2002
Describes the Inquiry "I" which is designed as a learning tool for scientific inquiry. Explains the steps of prior knowledge, logical argument, experimental design, procedure, data collection, data transformation, results, and new knowledge. Uses guided and open inquiry approaches. (YDS)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Data Collection, Higher Education, Inquiry
Wirt, Frederick M. – 1976
This essay is an inventory of the needs that the author hopes will serve to stimulate others to reassess and revise their basic thinking and analysis about the politics of education. It points to continuing needs in basic theory, concepts, research design, data collection, and analytical methods. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Conflict, Data Collection, Education
James-Burdumy, Susanne; Myers, David; Deke, John; Mansfield, Wendy; Gersten, Russell; Dimino, Joseph; Dole, Jan; Liang, Lauren; Vaughn, Sharon; Edmonds, Meaghan – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2006
This report lays out the design for the Evaluation of Reading Comprehension Interventions, which is assessing supplemental reading comprehension programs for fifth-grade students in Title I schools. The key design parameters are described. The report itself provides the rationale for these decisions and discusses design and measurement issues,…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Data Analysis, Sample Size, Reading Instruction