Statistical Literacy at School: Growth and GoalsRoutledge, 13.05.2013 - 320 Seiten This book reveals the development of students' understanding of statistical literacy. It provides a way to "see" student thinking and gives readers a deeper sense of how students think about important statistical topics. Intended as a complement to curriculum documents and textbook series, it is consistent with the current principles and standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. The term "statistical literacy" is used to emphasize that the purpose of the school curriculum should not be to turn out statisticians but to prepare statistically literate school graduates who are prepared to participate in social decision making. Based on ten years of research--with reference to other significant research as appropriate--the book looks at students' thinking in relation to tasks based on sampling, graphical representations, averages, chance, beginning inference, and variation, which are essential to later work in formal statistics. For those students who do not proceed to formal study, as well as those who do, these concepts provide a basis for decision making or questioning when presented with claims based on data in societal settings. Statistical Literacy at School: Growth and Goals: *establishes an overall framework for statistical literacy in terms of both the links to specific school curricula and the wider appreciation of contexts within which chance and data-handling ideas are applied; *demonstrates, within this framework, that there are many connections among specific ideas and constructs; *provides tasks, adaptable for classroom or assessment use, that are appropriate for the goals of statistical literacy; *presents extensive examples of student performance on the tasks, illustrating hierarchies of achievement, to assist in monitoring gains and meeting the goals of statistical literacy; and *includes a summary of analysis of survey data that suggests a developmental hierarchy for students over the years of schooling with respect to the goal of statistical literacy. Statistical Literacy at School: Growth and Goals is directed to researchers, curriculum developers, professionals, and students in mathematics education as well those across the curriculum who are interested in students' cognitive development within the field; to teachers who want to focus on the concepts involved in statistical literacy without the use of formal statistical techniques; and to statisticians who are interested in the development of student understanding before students are exposed to the formal study of statistics. |
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... important to reinforce connections constantly . To follow student development of understanding over time it is essential to have both a structure within which improvement can be gauged and tasks that are appropriate for the goals and ...
... important to reinforce connections constantly . To follow student development of understanding over time it is essential to have both a structure within which improvement can be gauged and tasks that are appropriate for the goals and ...
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... importance, however, of continuing to include “by-hand” sketches and “number play” to build intuitions. OVERVIEW. OF ... important within the school curriculum, the theoretical frameworks that are used to discuss the hierarchy of student ...
... importance, however, of continuing to include “by-hand” sketches and “number play” to build intuitions. OVERVIEW. OF ... important within the school curriculum, the theoretical frameworks that are used to discuss the hierarchy of student ...
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... important to follow students' understanding, particularly in terms of the links to colloquial ideas. The chapter also treats bias, problem solving, and inference related to measures of average. Chapter 5 deals with chance, developing ...
... important to follow students' understanding, particularly in terms of the links to colloquial ideas. The chapter also treats bias, problem solving, and inference related to measures of average. Chapter 5 deals with chance, developing ...
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... important to know the overall levels for the entire group to compare with the smaller groups. Summary graphs would be useful in gaining a perspective on the variables measured. Just as in the case of the “pushy fish-eater,” various ...
... important to know the overall levels for the entire group to compare with the smaller groups. Summary graphs would be useful in gaining a perspective on the variables measured. Just as in the case of the “pushy fish-eater,” various ...
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... important. The section finishes with comments on the importance of building connections among these components and with other important ideas inside and outside the mathematics curriculum. Although weighted mean problems have been used ...
... important. The section finishes with comments on the importance of building connections among these components and with other important ideas inside and outside the mathematics curriculum. Although weighted mean problems have been used ...
Inhalt
GraphsHow Best to Represent the Data | |
Average What Does It Tell | |
ChancePrecursor to Probability | |
Supporting a Conclusion | |
VariationThe Underlying Phenomenon | |
Statistical LiteracyA Global Goal | |
Further Reading | |
References | |
Author Index | |
Subject Index | |
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