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Download full textWatson, Jane M.; Chick, Helen L. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2004
Three hundred and twenty-four middle school students considered a group of three graphs in a newspaper article about boating deaths. The graphs contained discrepancies and the students were asked to "comment on unusual features." This form of questioning produced a distribution of responses surprising to the authors and perhaps…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Graphs, Middle School Students, Mathematics Education
