How do high school students solve probability problems? A mixed methods study on probabilistic reasoning
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- Mieke Heyvaert, Maarten Deleye (UGent) , Lore Saenen, Wim Van Dooren and Patrick Onghena
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- When studying a complex research phenomenon, a mixed methods design allows to answer a broader set of research questions and to tap into different aspects of this phenomenon, compared to a monomethod design. This paper reports on how a sequential equal status design (QUAN → QUAL) was used to examine students’ reasoning processes when solving probability problems. A select clustered sampling resulted in the inclusion of 168 high school students in a first, quantitative phase, in which a questionnaire was used to assess how they solved probability problems. This questionnaire included probability items that were based on the outcome orientation, the representativeness misconception, and the equiprobability bias. In a second, qualitative phase, 18 students who were purposefully sampled from the first research phase were interviewed in order to conduct an in-depth study of their probabilistic reasoning processes. In this paper, we illustrate and discuss how several mixed methods research purposes were realized throughout our study: development, expansion, and initiation.
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- Mixed methods research, probabilistic reasoning, development, inititation, expansion
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8509833
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- Heyvaert, Mieke, et al. “How Do High School Students Solve Probability Problems? A Mixed Methods Study on Probabilistic Reasoning.” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND METHOD IN EDUCATION, Informa UK Limited, 2017, pp. 1–23, doi:10.1080/1743727x.2017.1279138.
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- Heyvaert, M., Deleye, M., Saenen, L., Van Dooren, W., & Onghena, P. (2017). How do high school students solve probability problems? A mixed methods study on probabilistic reasoning. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND METHOD IN EDUCATION, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/1743727x.2017.1279138
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- Heyvaert, Mieke, Maarten Deleye, Lore Saenen, Wim Van Dooren, and Patrick Onghena. 2017. “How Do High School Students Solve Probability Problems? A Mixed Methods Study on Probabilistic Reasoning.” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND METHOD IN EDUCATION, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/1743727x.2017.1279138.
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- Heyvaert, Mieke, Maarten Deleye, Lore Saenen, Wim Van Dooren, and Patrick Onghena. 2017. “How Do High School Students Solve Probability Problems? A Mixed Methods Study on Probabilistic Reasoning.” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND METHOD IN EDUCATION: 1–23. doi:10.1080/1743727x.2017.1279138.
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- 1.Heyvaert M, Deleye M, Saenen L, Van Dooren W, Onghena P. How do high school students solve probability problems? A mixed methods study on probabilistic reasoning. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND METHOD IN EDUCATION. 2017;1–23.
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- [1]M. Heyvaert, M. Deleye, L. Saenen, W. Van Dooren, and P. Onghena, “How do high school students solve probability problems? A mixed methods study on probabilistic reasoning,” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND METHOD IN EDUCATION, pp. 1–23, 2017.
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