Graphing instruction in K-12 STEM education is beneficial for student learning, improving both graph construction and graph interpretation skills¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2024 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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This claim: no standardized effect is recorded in observations/ for it yet, so no benchmark reading is possible.

q2 i? Across the 50 included studies, graphing instruction improved students' graph construction skills and also improved graph interpretation skills. → Verena Rufai 2024

Evidence¶

Verena Rufai 2024¶

Verena Rufai, Dominik Thüsbj, Sarah Malonecj, Stefan Küchemanndi, Sebastian Becker-Genschowe, Markus Vogelf, Roland Brünkengj, Jochen Kuhnhi. (2024). A Systematic Review of Empirical Research on Graphing Numerical Data in K-12 STEM Education. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED

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The review's synthesis of 50 peer-reviewed empirical studies on graphing in K-12 STEM education reports that "Graphing instruction seemed to be beneficial for student learning, not only improving graph construction but also graph interpretation skills." No pooled effect size is printed.

"Graphing instruction seemed to be beneficial for student learning, not only improving graph construction but also graph interpretation skills."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

Statistical Reasoning — outcome: instruction changes it

Explicit graphing instruction developed graphing skills while all intervention conditions facilitated conceptual knowledge acquisition in one undergraduate comparison — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
Students experience difficulties during graphing both during graph construction and during the interpretation and usage of data — related
Theoretical difficulties during graphing most commonly involve connecting graphs to STEM concepts and interpreting data — related
Graphing difficulties cluster into graph construction, variable ordering, and data translation categories, with construction difficulties most frequent — related
Manual graphing practice based on experimental data outperformed provision of computer-constructed graphs in one comparison study — a narrower finding that bears on this claim

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