| Sumario: | Using multiple representations is an important part of learning and problem-solving in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. For students to acquire flexible knowledge of representations, they must attend to the structural information within each representation and practice making relational connections between representations. Most studies so far have only attempted to help students connect between multiple representations in the lab or short-term classroom interventions, with the intervention largely separated from students' authentic learning. The present study developed a representation-mapping intervention designed to help students interpret, coordinate, and eventually translate across multiple representations. We integrated the intervention into an online textbook being used in a college course, allowing us to study its impact in a real course over an extended period of time. The findings of this study support the efficacy of the representation-mapping intervention for facilitating learning and shed light on how to implement and refine such interventions in authentic learning contexts. Public Significance Statement: The study advances the idea that explicit representation-mapping can facilitate students' learning and transfer of statistics concepts. The findings provide important insights into college students' real learning behaviors and outcomes in an online environment. The method used in this study also guides the implementation of future theory-based interventions in authentic learning contexts.
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