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Statistical Literacy at School - Growth and Goals (Hardcover)
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Statistical Literacy at School - Growth and Goals (Hardcover)
Series: Studies in Mathematical Thinking and Learning Series
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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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