Eye tracking secondary school students’ strategies when interpreting statistical graphs
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2019-07
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Boels, Lonneke
Bakker, Arthur
Drijvers, Paul
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Graven, M.
Venkat, H.
Essien, A.A.
Vale, P.
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Abstract
Students persistently misinterpret histograms. Based on a literature review we conjectured that the confusion of histograms with case-value plots was leading to inappropriate interpretation strategies. Hence, the question for this research is: what are the most common strategies for secondary school students when estimating the mean in histograms and case-value plots? In a task with twelve graphs (histograms or case-value plots) we measured students’ eye movements (N=10, grade 10–11. The most common strategies students use are: a case-value plot interpretation strategy and a computational strategy both applied to histograms. Furthermore, some students reported strategies that are not in line with their gaze data nor their estimated mean.
Keywords
histogram, eye tracking, statistical graphs, mathematics, mathematics education, secondary school, eye movement, Statistics and Probability, Education, Psychology (miscellaneous)
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Boels, L B M M, Bakker, A & Drijvers, P H M 2019, Eye tracking secondary school students’ strategies when interpreting statistical graphs. in M Graven, H Venkat, A A Essien & P Vale (eds), Proceedings of the 43rd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education : Improving access to the power of mathematics. vol. 2, PME, Pretoria, South-Africa, pp. 113-120, Conference of the international group for the psychology of mathematics education, Pretoria, South Africa, 7/07/19., conference