The Problems Base Learning of the Confidence Interval in the Course of High School

• Main Authors: Chien-Chou Chen, 陳建州
• Other Authors: Mu-Ming Wong
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/48059971372529931699

碩士 === 中原大學 === 應用數學研究所 === 99 === The purpose of this study was to investigate “Problem-Based Learning” method based on the content of “Confidence Interval” which is a new course in comprehensive high schools to demonstrate the characteristic of pedagogy and develop a unique teaching model. Confidence Interval has generally become an essential knowledge in the recent years. In statistics, it is an interval estimate of a population parameter and is used to indicate the reliability of an estimate. However, only a few people could thoroughly interpret the meanings of figures. The reason is that the course of Confidence Interval was not taken into account of basic education. Therefore, the Ministry of Education asked for several scholars’ suggestions, and after thinking it over carefully, they decided to include the Confidence Interval in 95 Course Syllabus as the teaching material in comprehensive high school. Problem-Based Learning is also a newly developed pedagogy. In this study, the Problem-Based Learning of Confidence Interval was implemented to a sample of second-year high school students at the Department of Advertisement Design from a senior high school in Taoyuan. The result of this study indicates that this teaching program and method were both highly accepted by all students.