Comparing Psychology Undergraduates' Performance in Probabilistic Reasoning under Verbal-Numerical and Graphical-Pictorial Problem Presentation Format: What Is the Role of Individual and Contextual Dimensions?

Autor/inn/en	Agus, Mirian; Peró-Cebollero, Maribel; Penna, Maria Pietronilla; Guàrdia-Olmos, Joan
Titel	Comparing Psychology Undergraduates' Performance in Probabilistic Reasoning under Verbal-Numerical and Graphical-Pictorial Problem Presentation Format: What Is the Role of Individual and Contextual Dimensions?
Quelle	In: EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 11 (2015) 4, S.735-750 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-8223
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Psychology; Majors (Students); Foreign Countries; Probability; Abstract Reasoning; Statistics; Statistical Analysis; Time Factors (Learning); Stress Variables; Hierarchical Linear Modeling; Regression (Statistics); Time on Task; Task Analysis; Spatial Ability; Predictor Variables; Problem Solving; Graphs; Pictorial Stimuli; Metacognition; Context Effect; Confidence Testing; Anxiety; Italy; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychologie; Ausland; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Abstraktes Denken; Denken; Statistik; Statistische Analyse; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Zeitaufwand; Aufgabenanalyse; Räumliches Vorstellungsvermögen; Prädiktor; Problemlösen; Grafische Darstellung; Fantasieanregung; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Angst; Italien; Spanien
Abstract	This study aims to investigate about the existence of a graphical facilitation effect on probabilistic reasoning. Measures of undergraduates' performances on problems presented in both verbal-numerical and graphical-pictorial formats have been related to visuo-spatial and numerical prerequisites, to statistical anxiety, to attitudes towards statistics and to the confidence in response correctness. Psychology undergraduates in Italy and Spain with no statistical expertise (N= 676) completed a protocol under conditions of presence versus absence of time pressure. Hierarchical linear regressions and ANCOVAs with mixed design have been carried out separately for each sample. The best predictor of performance in both formats has been the confidence in solution correctness under the condition of time pressure administration, which seemed to promote the commitment to the task. The findings suggest that the eventual occurrence of a graphical facilitation could be the result of a multifactorial interaction among contextual and individual dimensions, rather than being strictly related to the problem presentation format. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01