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Modulating misconceptions by musical means
Author(s) -
Lesser Lawrence M.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
teaching statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.425
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1467-9639
pISSN - 0141-982X
DOI - 10.1111/test.12157
Subject(s) - causation , mathematics education , psychology , coincidence , statistics , mathematics , epistemology , medicine , philosophy , alternative medicine , pathology
Summary This literature‐based, classroom‐tested novel innovation of educational song (with pedagogical scaffolding) may help engage students explore and address common resistant misconceptions in probability (e.g. all outcomes are equally likely) and in statistics (e.g. correlation must imply either causation or coincidence).