Personal Experiences And Beliefs In Probabilistic Reasoning: Implications For Research

dc.creator	Sashi Sharma
dc.date	2006-10-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:19:48Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:19:48Z
dc.identifier	1306-3030
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/964a0935d3b44d37a69984881e281470
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/27876
dc.description	Concerns about students' difficulties in statistical thinking led to a study which explored form five (14 to 16 year olds) students’ ideas in this area. The study focussed on probability, descriptive statistics and graphical representations. This paper presents and discusses the ways in which students made sense of probability concepts used in individual interviews. The findings revealed that many of the students used strategies based on beliefs, prior experiences (everyday and school) and intuitive strategies. From the analysis, I identified a four category rubric that could be considered for describing how students construct meanings for probability questions. While students showed competence with theoretical interpretation, they were less competent on tasks involving frequentist definition of probability. This could be due to instructional neglect of this viewpoint or linguistic problems. The paper concludes by suggesting some implications for further research.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Gokkusagi Ltd.
dc.relation	http://www.iejme.com/012006/d3.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1306-3030
dc.source	International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 33-54 (2006)
dc.subject	Probabilistic Reasoning
dc.subject	High School Students
dc.subject	Interviews
dc.subject	Intuitive Strategies
dc.subject	Beliefs
dc.subject	Experiences
dc.subject	Culture
dc.subject	Contexts
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Mathematics
dc.subject	QA1-939
dc.subject	Science
dc.subject	Q
dc.subject	DOAJ:Mathematics
dc.subject	DOAJ:Mathematics and Statistics
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Mathematics
dc.subject	QA1-939
dc.subject	Science
dc.subject	Q
dc.subject	DOAJ:Mathematics
dc.subject	DOAJ:Mathematics and Statistics
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Mathematics
dc.subject	QA1-939
dc.subject	Science
dc.subject	Q
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Mathematics
dc.subject	QA1-939
dc.subject	Science
dc.subject	Q
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Mathematics
dc.subject	QA1-939
dc.subject	Science
dc.subject	Q
dc.title	Personal Experiences And Beliefs In Probabilistic Reasoning: Implications For Research
dc.type	article