Exploratory Problem Solving with a Graphing Application: Semi-automated Analysis of Student Performance Data.

Autor/in	Jackson, David F.
Titel	Exploratory Problem Solving with a Graphing Application: Semi-automated Analysis of Student Performance Data.
Quelle	(1991), (20 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Cluster Analysis; Computer Assisted Instruction; Computer Graphics; Data Analysis; Data Interpretation; High Schools; Interviews; Learning Strategies; Mathematics Education; Mathematics Instruction; Multivariate Analysis; Participant Observation; Problem Solving; Qualitative Research; Secondary School Mathematics; Student Evaluation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Clusteranalyse; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Computergrafik; Auswertung; Data evaluation; Datenauswertung; High school; Oberschule; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Mathematische Bildung; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Multivariate Analyse; Teilnehmende Beobachtung; Problemlösen; Qualitative Forschung; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung
Abstract	The ability of the microcomputer to compile voluminous and detailed measures of students' learning activities automatically has seemingly outpaced the ability of commonly-used data analysis methods to make effective utilization of this wealth of potentially useful information. This study explores the use of computer-based quantitative methods, including sequence comparison and cluster analysis, to explore the learning behavior of high school students using computer software during assigned classroom problem-solving exercises that involve data analyses through graphing. Behavioral sequence data, that is, steps used in the individual student's solution process, were recorded automatically for a very large sample of high school students, along with extensive anecdotal observations and unstructured interviews during the course of normal classroom activities. The most noteworthy result was an indication of the overall persistence and resourcefulness of the students, in that the percentage using unorthodox, yet effective, approaches to solving the graphing problems was unexpectedly high. (32 references) (JJK)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC