Thai Secondary School Students' Probability Misconceptions : The Impact of Formal Instruction
- Degree Grantor:
- University of California, Santa Barbara. Education
- Degree Supervisor:
- Mary E. Brenner
- Place of Publication:
- [Santa Barbara, Calif.]
- Publisher:
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Creation Date:
- 2015
- Issued Date:
- 2015
- Topics:
- Education, Mathematics, Education, General, and Education, Curriculum and Instruction
- Keywords:
- Inquiry-based curriculum,
Teaching and Learning,
Curriculum implementation,
Probability Misconceptions, and
Teacher Knowledge - Genres:
- Online resources and Dissertations, Academic
- Dissertation:
- Ph.D.--University of California, Santa Barbara, 2015
- Description:
Probability is an important mathematics topic and is required for all Thai secondary school students. However, previous research found that both students and teachers often held several probability misconceptions, students had difficulties learning the topic, and teachers did not have sufficient knowledge to teach the topics. The purpose of this study was to investigate the types of probability misconceptions held by Thai secondary school students and their mathematics teachers, how the teachers implemented a nationwide inquiry-based curriculum, and how instruction impacted the students' understanding of the concepts. The participants were two grade 9 mathematics teachers and their students in four classes, 204 students in total. The data collection included lesson observations, a probability misconception pretest and posttest, and teacher interviews. The results showed that both the teachers and the students held several types of probability misconceptions. Even though the students' performance on the posttest was significantly improved after instruction, they still did not do well. The students learned knowledge on probability as evidenced in their responses on the posttest, but they were still having trouble appropriately applying the knowledge. Teachers' probability misconceptions and their understanding of probability topics affected how their students learned and understood probability.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (169 pages)
- Format:
- Text
- Collection(s):
- UCSB electronic theses and dissertations
- Other Versions:
- http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqm&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3700217
- ARK:
- ark:/48907/f3765ch6
- ISBN:
- 9781321700695
- Catalog System Number:
- 990045119690203776
- Copyright:
- Puttoei Talawat, 2014
- Rights:
- In Copyright
- Copyright Holder:
- Puttoei Talawat
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