Aran Glancy|Tamara Moore|S. Selcen Guzey|Karl A. Smith
Students’ Successes and Challenges Applying Data Analysis and Measurement Skills in a Fifth-Grade Integrated STEM Unit
Purdue University System|Purdue University System|Purdue University System|University of Minnesota System
understanding statistics skills data analysis becoming essential yet research consistently shows students struggle concepts levelsthis case study documents struggles four groups fifthgrade students encounter collect organize interpret data ultimately attempt draw conclusions make decisions based datathe activities students engaged part integrated science technology engineering mathematics stem unit students collecting analyzing data context learning science concepts context evaluating prototypes engineering design challengestudents observed struggle variety ways specifically difficulty 1 properly using certain measurement devices 2 coordinating quantitative data phenomenon measured 3 properly interpreting significance variation uncertainty error dataimplications teaching curriculum design addressed