Secondary and university students' understanding of independence and conditional probability

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11410%2F23%3A10470065" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11410/23:10470065 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=UJdzz9ilro" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=UJdzz9ilro</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14712/18047106.3013" target="_blank" >10.14712/18047106.3013</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Secondary and university students' understanding of independence and conditional probability

Original language description

The primary objective of the study was to investigate the perceptions of Czech sec-ondary and university students regarding independence in tasks involving multiplerepetitions of random events and their understanding of conditional probability. Thestudy employed a sample of 43 students, ranging in age from 15 to 23, who engagedin think-aloud interviews. The selection of eight tasks was based on existing liter-ature. A qualitative analysis of the interview transcripts established that studentsencountered difficulties comprehending the concepts of independence and conditionalprobability, irrespective of whether they had previously undertaken a university courseon probability. Notably, certain misconceptions about independence only surfaced inmore challenging tasks, wherein students relied more on their intuition than theiracquired knowledge. The misconceptions primarily manifested when describing therandom space. The research findings have significant educational implications, whichare discussed.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Scientia in educatione

ISSN

1804-7106

e-ISSN

1804-7106

Volume of the periodical

14

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

15-26

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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