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Lisa J. Elliott; Joan Middendorf – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2024
Teaching and learning undergraduate statistics has been a most challenging task for undergraduate psychology majors (Salkind, 2017). A seasoned statistics instructor consulted with a seasoned instructional designer on a method to improve a particularly demanding course using a performance improvement approach to address learning difficulties she…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Psychological Studies, Statistics Education, Teaching Methods
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Mangiero, George A.; Kraten, Michael – American Journal of Business Education, 2017
Financial analysts generally create static formulas for the computation of NPV. When they do so, however, it is not readily apparent how sensitive the value of NPV is to changes in multiple interdependent and interrelated variables. It is the aim of this paper to analyze this variability by employing a dynamic, visually graphic presentation using…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Visual Aids, Computer Graphics, Business Administration Education
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Lee, Young-Jin – International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop a quantitative model of problem solving performance of students in the computer-based mathematics learning environment. Design/methodology/approach: Regularized logistic regression was used to create a quantitative model of problem solving performance of students that predicts whether students can…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Educational Environment, Mathematics Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Braun, Tina; Cottrell, Richard; Dierkes, Paul – Environmental Education Research, 2018
This study employs a uniquely multi-factorial, large-scale design to investigate baseline differences and the effects of a singular outdoor educational program on environmental attitudes, knowledge and behavior among primary and secondary school students educated in four different countries. Statistical modelling approaches employed country of…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Environmental Education, Comparative Analysis, Quasiexperimental Design
Letkowski, Jerzy – Journal of Case Studies in Education, 2014
Descripting Statistics provides methodology and tools for user-friendly presentation of random data. Among the summary measures that describe focal tendencies in random data, the mode is given the least amount of attention and it is frequently misinterpreted in many introductory textbooks on statistics. The purpose of the paper is to provide a…
Descriptors: Statistical Data, Data Interpretation, Statistics, Qualitative Research
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Connelly, Brian S.; Sackett, Paul R.; Waters, Shonna D. – Personnel Psychology, 2013
Organizational and applied sciences have long struggled with improving causal inference in quasi-experiments. We introduce organizational researchers to propensity scoring, a statistical technique that has become popular in other applied sciences as a means for improving internal validity. Propensity scoring statistically models how individuals in…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Control Groups, Inferences, Research Methodology
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Waight, Noemi; Chiu, Ming Ming; Whitford, Melinda – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2014
This study contributed to our understanding of those factors that serve as predictors of science teachers' selection and use of technologies and more specifically, how selection and usage was realized among teachers of different science disciplines. Notable descriptive statistics were examined, and we tested an explanatory model of how…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Secondary School Science, High Schools, Predictor Variables
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Albert Y. Kim; Adriana Escobedo-Land – Journal of Statistics Education, 2015
We present a data set consisting of user profile data for 59,946 San Francisco OkCupid users (a free online dating website) from June 2012. The data set includes typical user information, lifestyle variables, and text responses to 10 essay questions. We present four example analyses suitable for use in undergraduate introductory probability and…
Descriptors: Statistics, Introductory Courses, Data, Educational Practices
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Yalamova, Rossitsa – American Journal of Business Education, 2010
A heuristic approach to explaining of the Black-Scholes option pricing model in undergraduate classes is described. The approach draws upon the method of protocol analysis to encourage students to "think aloud" so that their mental models can be surfaced. It also relies upon extensive visualizations to communicate relationships that are…
Descriptors: Heuristics, Models, Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Students
Perkhounkova, Yelena; Noble, Julie; Sawyer, Richard – American College Testing (ACT), Inc., 2005
Debates about developmental instruction have prompted postsecondary institutions to justify their developmental courses. This study investigated a method of documenting the benefits of developmental courses that involves using placement test scores to predict college outcomes separately for students who take a developmental course before taking…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Probability, Scores, Developmental Programs
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Brown, Gillian – TESOL Quarterly, 1978
Understanding spontaneous speech is a very difficult task for many foreign students. They must be taught to use all the ethnographic cues available to enable them to predict the likely content of a text. They must predict not only the factual content of spoken language but also the interactional structuring. (Author/CFM)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Auditory Stimuli, Auditory Training, Aural Learning
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers