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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 4
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Modulating Misconceptions by Musical Means
Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, v40 n3 p79-82 Aut 2018
This literature-based, classroom-tested novel innovation of educational song (with pedagogical scaffolding) may help engage students explore and address common resistant misconceptions in probability (e.g. all outcomes are equally likely) and in statistics (e.g. correlation must imply either causation or coincidence).
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Singing, Statistics, Correlation, Teaching Methods, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Probability, Attribution Theory, Music, Instructional Innovation
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