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http://dx.doi.org/10.30807/ksms.2022.25.1.001

A Survey of Mongolian Secondary School Student's Attitude Toward Statistical Topic  

Gundegmaa, Badamjav (Jeonbuk National University Graduate School)
Jeon, Youngju (Jeonbuk National University)
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Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society / v.25, no.1, 2022 , pp. 1-17 More about this Journal
Abstract
The goal of this study was to analyze students' views about statistical themes in Mongolian secondary schools in Ulaanbaatar. To this end, 129 9th grade students were stratified random sampling at two secondary schools in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, and a survey was conducted on them. The attitude survey focused on six factors contributing to the attitude: affective, cognitive competency, value, difficulty, interest, and student effort. The results show that students believed their statistical knowledge and skills have increased compared to the beginning of the courses. Furthermore, the survey revealed that they perceived statistics as neither an easy nor a difficult subject. Students' interest in statistics was neutral in general. These results suggest a need to develop effective and innovative statistical teaching and learning methods that can attract attention to statistical topics.
Keywords
Mongolia; Statistics education; Statistics topic; Student's attitude;
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