Malaysian Students’ Misconceptions about Measures of Central Tendency: An Error Analysis. AIP Publishing. pp. 93-100. (2015)
Abstract
Earlier studies revealed that students encountered difficulties in understanding the concept of measures of central
tendency. However, there is negligible empirical support concerning this problem in Malaysian context. Thus, the purpose of
this study is to identify misconceptions held by tenth grade students from Malaysian secondary schools regarding measures
of central tendency. The instrument used was a statistical reasoning test. It was administered to 412 tenth grade students from
nine different schools. Overall, the results demonstrated that tenth grade students held considerable misconceptions about
measures of central tendency. Interestingly, some misconceptions were new which had not been identified in previous
research. This study provides implications for instructors and researchers planning learning goals as well as designing
instructional activities and assessments for future studies
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | Misconceptions, Measures of central Tendency, Secondary education |
| Taxonomy: | By Subject > Computer & Mathematical Sciences > Information Technology |
| Local Content Hub: | Subjects > Computer and Mathematical Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Mohd Fadhli Samsudin |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Aug 2021 15:01 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Aug 2021 15:01 |
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