Instructional Strategies to Help Learners Build Relevant Mental Models in Inferential Statistics.

Hong, EunSook; O'Neil, Harold F., Jr.

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ERIC Number: EJ448027

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Publication Date: 1992

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Instructional Strategies to Help Learners Build Relevant Mental Models in Inferential Statistics.

Hong, EunSook; O'Neil, Harold F., Jr.

Journal of Educational Psychology, v84 n2 p150-59 Jun 1992

A mental model analysis was conducted with 27 graduate and 29 undergraduate students in the statistical hypothesis testing domain to determine the nature of relevant mental models that can be taught to novices. Results suggest the efficacy of using separate and diagrammatic strategies in teaching novices introductory hypothesis testing. (SLD)

Descriptors: Graduate Students, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Processes, Protocol Analysis, Statistical Inference, Statistics, Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Students

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Language: English

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