A Qualitative Research on the Difficulties and Failures about Probability Concepts of High School Students

Autor/inn/en	Memnun, Dilek Sezgin; Ozbilen, Omer; Dinc, Emre
Titel	A Qualitative Research on the Difficulties and Failures about Probability Concepts of High School Students
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Issues, 5 (2019) 1, S.1-19 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2377-2263
Schlagwörter	High School Students; Grade 12; Probability; Grade 11; Mathematical Concepts; Problem Solving; Abstract Reasoning; Mathematics Instruction; Difficulty Level; Foreign Countries; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; School year 12; 12. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 12; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; Problemlösen; Abstraktes Denken; Denken; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Ausland; Türkei
Abstract	This research aimed to examine the difficulties and failures of eleventh-grade students regarding probability concepts. With this aim, ten different open-ended probability problems were asked to the 142 eleventh-grade students. Each of these problems requires using different basic probability concepts. It is qualitative research, and the data gathered in this study were analyzed using by descriptive analysis method. The findings indicated that many of these students had difficulties in solving probability problems and failed to apply different probability concepts to these problems. Notably, it was stated that many students had difficulties in finding all the probabilities without any missing in these problems. Besides, it is essential to develop reasoning skills since the students usually used trial-and-error method and prediction to solve probability problems. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01