Developing Students' Statistical Reasoning

Connecting Research and Teaching Practice
1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-90-481-7862-9
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, 408 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 633 g

Increased attention is being paid to the need for statistically educated citizens: statistics is now included in the K-12 mathematics curriculum, increasing numbers of students are taking courses in high school, and introductory statistics courses are required in college. However, increasing the amount of instruction is not sufficient to prepare statistically literate citizens. A major change is needed in how statistics is taught. To bring about this change, three dimensions of teacher knowledge need to be addressed: their knowledge of statistical content, their pedagogical knowledge, and their statistical-pedagogical knowledge, i.e., their specific knowledge about how to teach statistics. This book is written for mathematics and statistics educators and researchers. It summarizes the research and highlights the important concepts for teachers to emphasize, and shows the interrelationships among concepts. It makes specific suggestions regarding how to build classroom activities, integrate technological tools, and assess students’ learning.

J. Michael Shaughnessy, Professor, Dept of Mathematical Sciences, Portland State University, USA

Randall E. Groth, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education, Salisbury University, USA

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ben-Zvi, Dani

Garfield, Joan

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Stochastik Mathematische Statistik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsmathematik und -statistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Foundations of Statistics Education.- The Discipline of Statistics Education.- Research on Teaching and Learning Statistics.- Creating a Statistical Reasoning Learning Environment.- Assessment in Statistics Education.- Using Technology to Improve Student Learning of Statistics.- From Research to Practice: Developing the~Big Ideas of Statistics.- Learning to Reason About Data.- Learning to Reason About Statistical Models and Modeling.- Learning to Reason About Distribution.- Learning to Reason About Center.- Learning to Reason About Variability.- Learning to Reason About Comparing Groups.- Learning to Reason About Samples and Sampling Distributions.- Learning to Reason About Statistical Inference.- Learning to Reason About Covariation.- Implementing Change Through Collaboration.- Collaboration in the Statistics Classroom.- Collaboration in Teaching and Research.