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Evaluating Students' Conceptual and Procedural Understanding of Sampling Distributions
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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
Uses of Mathematics Textbooks for Grade (4-8) as per Basic Concepts and Questions Levels in TIMSS Test: A Study Conducted in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Schools
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Al Tamimi, Abdul Rehman – Journal of Education and Learning, 2018
This study tried to explore the degree of representation of math textbooks for grades (4-8) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia concerning the key concepts, shape, and levels of questions used in the TIMSS test. The study population of this study includes both students and teachers from fourth grade to eighth grade. The goal of this study was…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Textbooks, Content Analysis, Instructional Effectiveness
Introductory Statistics Course Tertiary Students' Understanding of P-Values
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Reaburn, Robyn – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2014
This study aimed to gain knowledge of students' beliefs and difficulties in understanding p-values, and to use this knowledge to develop improved teaching programs. This study took place over four consecutive teaching semesters of a one-semester tertiary statistics unit. The study was cyclical, in that the results of each semester were used to…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Statistics, Postsecondary Education, Beliefs
Computerized Achievement Testing Using the Simple Logistic Model.
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Reckase, Mark D. – 1977
The reliability and validity of a tailored testing procedure based on the simple logistic model was determined for an achievement test in statistics and measurement. The test was administered on a CRT terminal to students from graduate and undergraduate measurement courses. Equivalent form reliability over a one-week interval was found to be 0.595…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adaptive Testing, College Students, Computer Programs
Australian Item Bank Program: Mathematics Item Bank. Book 2: Abstract Algebra, Relations and Functions, Analysis, Geometry, Trigonometry, Applied Mathematics, Statistics and Probability.
Australian Council for Educational Research, Hawthorn. – 1978
This item bank was compiled by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) to help teachers at the secondary school level construct objective tests in mathematics. The multiple-choice items were written by teachers who attended ACER writing workshops. The questions are classified according to their subject content and the cognitive…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Algebra, Foreign Countries, Geometry
Individualized Testing and Item Characteristic Curve Theory.
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Lord, Frederic M. – 1972
An elementary survey of item characteristic curve theory, centered around the problems of individualized (tailored) testing, is presented. Following the introduction, discussions are provided of the following: Test Theory for Itemized Tests; The Guttman Scale; Item Characteristic Curve Theory; An Alternative Model; Specialization, Application, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Bulletins, Citations (References), Evaluation Methods