Proceedings of the First International Conference on Teaching Statistics, University of Sheffield, 9-13 August 1982

Proceedings of the First International Conference on Teaching Statistics, University of Sheffield, 9-13 August 1982

Author: D. R. Grey

Publisher:

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13:

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The second volume of these conference proceedings includes 35 papers presented under seven topic headings. The topic headings are: (1) education and training in statistics in developing countries; (2) co-operation between academic and practicing statisticians; (3) teaching survey sampling; (4) teaching design and analysis of experiments; (5) training industrial practitioners; (6) principles of learning probability and statistics (including papers examining children's choice behavior in probabilistic situations, a survey of probability concepts in 3000 students aged 11-16 years, teaching probability and statistics so as to overcome some misconceptions, and the role of explanation in teaching elementary probability); and (7) the teaching of agricultural statistics (which includes a single paper on training of personnel for agricultural statistics in Jordan). Like the papers in the first volume, these papers provide a summary of the situation in statistical education around the world and point the way to future developments. (JN)


Teaching Statistics in School Mathematics-Challenges for Teaching and Teacher Education

Teaching Statistics in School Mathematics-Challenges for Teaching and Teacher Education

Author: Carmen Batanero

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2011-07-31

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 940071131X

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Teaching Statistics in School Mathematics-Challenges for Teaching and Teacher Education results from the Joint ICMI/IASE Study Teaching Statistics in School Mathematics: Challenges for Teaching and Teacher Education. Oriented to analyse the teaching of statistics in school and to recommend improvements in the training of mathematics teachers to encourage success in preparing statistically literate students, the volume provides a picture of the current situation in both the teaching of school statistics and the pre-service education of mathematics teachers. A primary goal of Teaching Statistics in School Mathematics-Challenges for Teaching and Teacher Education is to describe the essential elements of statistics, teacher’s professional knowledge and their learning experiences. Moreover, a research agenda that invites new research, while building from current knowledge, is developed. Recommendations about strategies and materials, available to train prospective teachers in university and in-service teachers who have not been adequately prepared, are also accessible to the reader.