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Knoth, Russell L.; Benassi, Victor A. – 1987
The purpose of the study was to determine whether students had knowledge of the extension rule (the conjunction of two or more events cannot be greater than the probability of any one of those events) and understanding of conjunction by giving a test of multiplicative probabilities. Involved were 598 students enrolled in introductory psychology…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Educational Research, Error Patterns, Higher Education
delMas, Robert C.; Bart, William M. – Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, 1989
Investigated are three misconceptions of probability and the differential effect of two activity-based instructional units. Response categories (law of averages, law of small numbers, and availability) are identified. Treatment differences (evaluation or no evaluation) appear to influence subjects' interpretations of the information. (YP)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cognitive Structures, College Mathematics, Higher Education
Download full textKonold, Clifford – 1989
Results of the most recent administration of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) suggest that the majority of secondary students believe in the independence of random events. In the study reported here, a high percentage of high school and college students answered similar problems correctly. However, about half of the students…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, High Schools, Higher Education, Mathematical Concepts
Peer reviewedHansen, Randall S.; And Others – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1985
Forty-eight students with no previous exposure to probability or statistics read one of three textbooks that varied in emphasis placed on rote and conceptual learning of basic elementary probability concepts. Findings, among others, show students who read textbooks emphasizing conceptual learning tended to be less sensitive to surface features.…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Educational Research, Higher Education, Mathematics Achievement
Konold, Clifford – 1988
The concept of probability is not an easy concept for high school and college students to understand. This paper identifies and analyzes the students' alternative frameworks from the viewpoint of constructivism. There are various interpretations of probability through mathematical history: classical, frequentist, and subjectivist interpretation.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, College Mathematics, Concept Formation
Morris, Robert, Ed. – 1989
This volume examines the teaching of statistics in the whole range of education, but concentrates on primary and secondary schools. It is based upon selected topics from the Second International Congress on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS 2), convened in Canada in August 1986. The contents of this volume divide broadly into four parts: statistics in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College Mathematics, Educational Cooperation, Educational History
