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- two years later. Analysis of the initial data showed a progression of understanding across
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- <h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">Statistical variation in a chance setting: a two-year study</h1>
- <p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Watson, Jane M.</span> and <span class="person_name">Kelly, Ben A.</span> (2004) <xhtml:em>Statistical variation in a chance setting: a two-year study.</xhtml:em> Educational Studies in Mathematics, 57 (1). pp. 121-144. ISSN 0013-1954</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2024/1/WatsonKellyESM2004.pdf"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2024/1/WatsonKellyESM2004.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Full text restricted - Requires a PDF viewer<br />161Kb</td><td><form method="get" accept-charset="utf-8" action="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/request_doc"><input accept-charset="utf-8" value="2547" name="docid" type="hidden" /><div class=""><input value="Request a copy" name="_action_null" class="ep_form_action_button" onclick="return EPJS_button_pushed( '_action_null' )" type="submit" /> </div></form></td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:EDUC.0000047053.96987.5f">http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:EDUC.0000047053.96987.5f</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">A series of 13 survey questions based on a 50-50 spinner is used to explore
- school students’ understanding of statistical variation in a chance setting. Five questions
- set the context by assessing the understanding of theoretical expectation and representation
- of repeated trials in a stacked dot (line) plot. Four questions provide opportunity to display
- appreciation of variation from point expectation and four questions address variation from
- distributional expectation. Three hundred and seventy-five students in Grades 3–9 answered
- some or all of these questions. These students then took part in a unit of study on chance and
- data emphasizing variation. Of these students, 334 answered a post-test including the same
- items and a further subset of 199 students completed a longitudinal survey of the same items
- two years later. Analysis of the initial data showed a progression of understanding across
- the years of schooling, plateauing at Grade 7, improvement for all grades after instruction,
- and generally sustained and continuing improved performance after two years. Educational
- issues are considered.</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Additional Information:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">chance, distribution, instruction, longitudinal data, point estimate,
- probability, spinners, variation</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/330202.html">330000 Education > 330200 Curriculum Studies > 330202 Curriculum Studies - Mathematics Education</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">2024</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Mrs Anita Cubit</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">04 Oct 2007 13:38</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">09 Jan 2008 02:30</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=2024;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=2024">item control page</a></p>
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