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Real Estate News Reports as Informal Learning Tools: A Mixed Methods Case Study on Student Responses
Author(s): Jie Shi Liew (Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA)
Copyright: 2025
Pages: 32
EISBN13: 9798337341675
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Abstract
This chapter uses a mixed methods case study research design to systematically investigate the advantages of using real estate news reports as an informal learning tool among university students. It focuses on students' grasp of central tendency concepts and their connection to other descriptive statistics topics in K-12 education. Thirty-three university students completed a questionnaire to measure their self-efficacy in statistics and engaged in classroom group discussions to distinguish different measures of central tendency. The quantitative survey data revealed that university students expressed limited confidence in two statistical tasks associated with the measures of central tendency: the ability to identify the skewness of distribution and the ability to discern relevant information. Meanwhile, the qualitative data explored the benefits of informal learning through modified real estate news reports from actual sources in daily life. Implications for promoting similar informal learning in K-12 classrooms are discussed.
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