Responses of 223 students in grades 6 to 11 to questions related to beliefs about getting out of bed on the left side are analysed from two perspectives. On one hand the items explore subjective beliefs about chance. On the other hand the different wording and context of the items provide opportunity to show different levels of understanding of students’ explanations. Rasch analysis is used to place the items on a scale with other statistical literacy items in order to suggest potential levels of difficulty.
History
Publication title
Mathematics education in the margins: Proceedings of the 38th annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
Editors
M Marshman, V Geiger & A Bennison
Pagination
619-626
Department/School
Faculty of Education
Publisher
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australia Inc
Place of publication
Australia
Event title
MERGA
Event Venue
University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD
Date of Event (Start Date)
2015-06-28
Date of Event (End Date)
2015-07-02
Rights statement
Copyright 2015 Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia