ERIC Number: EJ1444292
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-1098-6065
EISSN: EISSN-1532-7833
Design Principles for Simulation-Based Learning of Hypothesis Testing in Secondary School
Per Nilsson; Andreas Eckert
Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, v26 n4 p359-381 2024
This study contributes to the call for influencing practice by increasing attention to how learning environments can be designed to support learning in statistical inference. We report on a design experiment in secondary school (students 14-16 years old), that resulted in a set of lessons with the learning goal of teaching students how to apply concepts and principles of hypothesis testing for making an inference as to whether or not students in secondary school can taste the difference between two brands of cola soda. The design experiment resulted in four design principles for a simulation-based approach for learning hypothesis testing in secondary school. The design principles highlight the combination of practical and digital simulations of samplings. They stress the need for using random generators that allow for high reliability in collecting sample data and introduce a simulation-based method for determining p-values, i.e. to quantify how likely or surprising a sample result, or a result more extreme, is under a null hypothesis.
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Hypothesis Testing, Secondary School Students, Statistical Inference, Statistics Education, Concept Formation, Simulation, Reliability, Grade 8, Grade 9, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education; Elementary Education; Grade 8; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Grade 9; High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden
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