Misconceptions Research

[retabak]

Just keeping an update here of the topics I've cursorily looked into, so far.
Add to misconceptions.json file in shared file for topics that I've researched

• box plots (research done)
• measures of center (research done)
• histograms (research done)
• variability (we don't have a lessson on this, but I hope we will; I kept encountering it while researching other topics)
• regression

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• models in general
• exponential
• logarithmic
• probability
• standard deviation (started; didn't read much on this)
• categorical v quantitative
• scatterplots
• correlations
• functions
• word problems
• composing table operations
• quadratics

I was kind of working my way through DS lesson topics.

This document is where I organized / took note of misconceptions that I encountered repeatedly in the literature. Warning - it's not comprehensive; includes lots of quotes and the occasional screenshot.

This folder contains PDFs of all of the articles I scanned that found worthwhile.

Also noting that when I explicitly sought ought misconceptions about measures of center, I didn't find much worthwhile; that said, lots of misconceptions emerge when students are asked to determine measures of center from various other plots. I don't think we're doing enough of this - asking students to identify / discuss measures of center by looking at various data displays.

@flannery-denny - FWIW, this is about 3.5 hours of work.