The conference theme is Engaging All Learners. Math learning should be a joyful experience for all students. When students are engaged and inspired, they are motivated to learn. Instruction that targets the learning needs and interests of our students makes it possible for students to excel in learning math. At our annual meeting, we will explore how to create conditions to support learning that build on student engagement and interest.
- How can we engage all students to learn math content by building on their interest and motivation to learn?
- How do we design learning environments that take students and learning into account?
- What are the design features of tools and curricula design features considering student engagement and interest in supporting learning?
- How do we build partnerships with schools and the community to support student engagement and math learning?
- What research agendas should we pursue to ensure that all students reach their potential by paying attention to engagement and learning needs?
Establishing Statistical Significance for Comparisons Using Pattern-Based Items: Change at Scale
Abstract: Tests of statistical significance often play a decisive role in establishing the empirical warrant of evidence-based research in education. The results from pattern-based assessment items, as introduced in this paper, are categorical and multimodal and do not immediately support the use of measures of central tendency as typically related to interpretations of measures of statistical significance. Responses from the duplicate implementation of selected pattern-based items (PBIs) in successive grades (3-8) as part of the statewide Interim Assessment Program in Texas are used to illustrate how non-parametric methods can be used to establish statistically significant comparisons of student results. Not all the repeat-item results improved across years.
Link to presentation: https://tinyurl.com/27hr86zv
Link to the full paper: https://tinyurl.com/mrt7d5m8
Reference: Stroup, W. A., Petrosino, A. J., Brady, C., and Duseau, K. (October, 2023). Establishing Statistical Significance for Comparisons Using Pattern-Based Items: Change at Scale. Proceedings of the 2023 Meeting of the North American Chapter of the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Reno, Nevada.
