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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." name="eprints.abstract" />
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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
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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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