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Fife, James H.; James, Kofi; Peters, Stephanie – ETS Research Report Series, 2020
The concept of variability is central to statistics. In this research report, we review mathematics education research on variability and, based on that review and on feedback from an expert panel, propose a learning progression (LP) for variability. The structure of the proposed LP consists of 5 levels of sophistication in understanding…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Statistics Education, Feedback (Response), Research Reports
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Vivian, Rebecca; Barnes, Alan; Geer, Ruth; Wood, Denise – Research in Learning Technology, 2014
This paper reports on an observation of 70 university students' use of their personal social network site (SNS), Facebook, over a 22-week university study period. The study sought to determine the extent that university students use their personal SNSs to support learning by exploring frequencies of academic-related content and topics being…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Computer Mediated Communication, College Students, Course Content
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Watson, Jane M. – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2009
This study considers the evolving influence of variation and expectation on the development of school students' appreciation of distribution as displayed in their construction of graphical representations of data sets. Three interview protocols are employed, presenting different contexts within which 109 students, ranging in age from 6 to 15…
Descriptors: Expectation, Learning Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Interviews