ERIC Number: EJ847411
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Nov
Pages: 22
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ISSN: ISSN-1570-1824
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Characterizing Year 11 Students' Evaluation of a Statistical Process
Pfannkuch, Maxine
Statistics Education Research Journal, v4 n2 p5-26 Nov 2005
Evaluating the statistical process is considered a higher order skill and has received little emphasis in instruction. This study analyses thirty 15-year-old students' responses to two statistics assessment tasks, which required evaluation of a statistical investigation. The SOLO taxonomy is used as a framework to develop a hierarchy of responses. Focusing on the quality of response allowed insight into and suggestions for how instruction might be improved. The implications for teaching, assessment, and the curriculum are discussed. (Contains 3 tables and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Statistics, Thinking Skills, Student Evaluation, Classification, Educational Assessment, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Tests, Mathematical Concepts
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New Zealand
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