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ERIC Number: ED630490
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 9
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Climate Change by the Numbers: How Numerical Estimation Can Support Science Learning
Thacker, Ian
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (44th, Nashville, TN, Nov 17-20, 2022)
Prompting people to estimate climate change numbers before showing them the true value can shift learners' attitudes and conceptions. Yet, interventions created for such a learning experience are not easily accessible to the general public. The purpose of this preregistered study was to address this research gap by developing and testing an openly accessible online intervention that presents participants with novel numbers about climate change after they estimate those numbers. An experimental online study design was used to investigate the impact of the intervention on undergraduate students' climate change understanding and plausibility perceptions. Findings revealed that posttest climate change knowledge was higher among those randomly assigned to use the app compared with those assigned to a control condition, and that supplementing this experience with numeracy instruction was linked with more robust gains. [For the complete proceedings, see ED630210.]
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. e-mail: pmena.steeringcommittee@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.pmena.org/
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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