Curricular Development in Statistics Education

IASE Roundtable Conference : Lund, Sweden, 2004

CONTENTS

• Front Matter : Gail Burrill, Mike Camden

Curriculum Perspectives and Statistics Education

• Statistics Curriculum and Development: New Way of Working : Andy Begg
• Directed Self-Explanation in the Study of Statistics : Nick Broers, Marieke Mur, Luc Budé
• Consideration of Variation: A Model for Curriculum Development : Chris Reading, Jackie Reid
• Statistical Literacy Curriculum Design : Milo Schield

Curricular Approaches to Teaching Statistics

• Uncovering and Developing Student Statistical Competences via New Interfaces : James Ridgway, Sean McCusker, James Nicholson
• Integrating Technologically-Based Laboratory Modules into the Stochastic Processes Curriculum : Timothy Matis, Linda Riley, James Matis
• A Data-Oriented Active Learning, Post-Calculus Introduction to Statistical Concepts, Methods, and Theory : Allan Rossman, Beth Chance

Content Issues Related to Teaching and Learning Statistics

• Statistical Literacy: From Idiosyncratic to Critical Thinking : Jane Watson, Rosemary Callingham (1.7MiB)
• Should Young Students Learn About Box Plots? : Arthur Bakker, Rolf Biehler, Cliff Konold
• Distribution Division: Making It Possible For More Students to Make Reasoned Decisions Using Data : Anthony Harradine
• Curriculum Innovations Based on Census Microdata: A Meeting of Statistics, Mathematics, and Social Science : William Finzer, Tim Erickson

Statistics Education Research and Implications for Teaching

• Developing Statistical Thinking in a Secondary School: A Collaborative Curriculum Development : Maxine Pfannkuch, Julia Horring
• Statistics Education for Junior High Schools in China : Jun Li
• Coherent and Purposeful Development in Statistics across the Educational Spectrum : Helen MacGillivray
• Preparing Secondary Mathematics Educators to Teach Statistics : Robert Gould, Roxy Peck

Policy Decisions and Implications for Curriculum Implementation

• “Data and Predictions” Emerging as one of the Basic Themes in the Mathematical Curriculum of the First Cycle School Level in Italy : Maria Gabriella Ottaviani, Silio Rigatti Luchini

Working Group Reports

• Statistics Curriculum: Content and Framing : Andy Begg, Timothy Erickson, Helen MacGillivray, Timothy Matis
• Curriculum and Research in Statistics Education : Arthur Bakker, Beth Chance, Jun Li, Jane Watson
• The Role of Technology in Teaching and Learning Statistics : Anthony Harradine, Robert Gould, Lena Zetterqvist, James Nicholson, William Finzer
• Teacher Preparation for Statistics Education : Maria-Gabriella Ottavani, Roxy Peck, Maxine Pfannkuch, Allan Rossman

Appendix

• 1. Roundtable Participants :
• 2. Papers Abstracts and Discussion Questions :
• 3. IASE 2004 Conference Photo Album :