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Interpersonal Intelligence And Problem-Based Learning, Denise M. Denevers
Interpersonal Intelligence And Problem-Based Learning, Denise M. Denevers
Master of Education Program Theses
This study examined the relationship between problem-based learning and interpersonal intelligence. The primary goal of this study was to see if using problem-based learning in the classroom would increase one’s interpersonal intelligence. After conducting this study, the researcher found the interpersonal intelligence of the class of twenty-one seventh grade students, as a whole, increased from an average of 59.04 points out of 70 points possible to an average of 59.47 points out of a possible 70 points; a less than one percent increase, indicating a weak relationship between interpersonal intelligence and problem-based learning.
Teaching Seventh Grade Statistics And Probability: An Inference Based Approach, Tammy Veenstra
Teaching Seventh Grade Statistics And Probability: An Inference Based Approach, Tammy Veenstra
Master of Education Program Theses
The Common Core State Standards have provided schools with a new set of required objectives. Specifically in the area of statistics and probability, seventh grade math teachers have new objectives they are required to teach, but they do not necessarily have the required knowledge or curriculum to meet the standards. The Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE) Report and the college introductory level statistics curriculum Introduction to Statistical Investigations were used as resources and revised for the seventh grade level to teach the standards for seventh grade statistics during a three-week statistics and probability unit. Results of …