ICME 10

Copenhagen 2004

Introduction

• Introduction : Joe Wisenbaker

Exemplary Work in Statistics Education

• Tasmanian Research in Chance and Data: Background Paper for Invited Address : Jane Watson, University of Tasmania, Australia
• Web-based Educational Products from Official Statistics Agencies: A Pilot Survey : Iddo Gal, Department of Human Services, University of Haifa, Israel; Dani Ben-Zvi, Faculty of Education, University of Haifa, Israel
• Collaboration by the RSS and the National Academy for Gifted And Talented Youth to Encourage Students to Study Statistics : Susan Starkings, London South Bank University, UK

Research on Reasoning About Variation and the Use of Technology in Statistics Education

• Investigating Middle and Secondary Students' Thinking in Variation-Rich Contexts: Background Paper for Invited Address : Mike Shaughnessy, Portland State University, USA
• Students' Understanding of Factors that Affect the Standard Deviation : Robert C. delMas, University of Minnesota, USA; Yan Liu, Vanderbilt University, USA
• SAMPLER: Collaborative Interactive Computer-Based Statistics Learning Environment : Dor Abrahamson and Uri Wilensky; The Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling, Northwestern University, USA

Issues in Teaching Statistics from Multiple Perspectives

• Exploring the Impact of Lesson Study on Expert and Novice Statistics Teachers: Summary of Invited Address : Joan Garfield, University of Minnesota, USA
• Preparing Teachers to Teach Statistics : Robert Gould, University of California, Los Angeles, USA; Roxy Peck, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, USA
• Statistical Knowledge for Teaching : Alejandra Sorto, Michigan State University and Montgomery College, USA; Alexander White, American University, USA

Exploring Issues of Reasoning about Distrobution, Data and Graphs

• Developing the Notion of Distribution as an Entity: Background Paper for Invited Address : Koeno Gravemeijer, The University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
• Singapore Secondary School Students' Understanding of Statistical Graphs : Wu, Yingkang; National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
• Representing Association: Children Manipulating Data Sets : Helen L. Chick, University of Melbourne, Australia
• Interpretation of Media Graphs and Critical Sense:Implications for Teaching and Teachers : Carlos Monteiro, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil; Janet Ainley, The University of Warwick, UK
• Comparison of Data Plots: Building a Pedagogical Framework : Maxine Pfannkuch, Stephanie Budgett and Ross Parsonage, The University of Auckland, New Zealand; Julia Horring, Auckland Girls Grammar School, New Zealand

Papers Accepted for Presentation by Distribution

• Mathematical Background and Attitudes Toward Statistics in a Sample of Undergraduate Students : José Carmona, Universidad de Huelva, Spain
• Head for Figures and Mathematical Comprehension : Christine Duller, University of Linz, Austria
• Investigating Educational Practitioners' Statistical Reasoning in Analysis of Student Outcome Data : Sibel Kazak and Jere Confrey; Washington University in St. Louis, USA
• Difference of Attitudes Toward Statistics between Cadets and College Students : W. M. Luh, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan; J. H. Guo, Air Force Academy, Taiwan; J. M. Wisenbaker, University of Georgia, USA
• Statistics for Middle School Teachers : Mike Perry and Gary Kader, Appalachian State University, USA
• Three Graphs to Promote Statistical Literacy : Milo Schield, Augsburg College, USA
• Inverse Probabilities in Everyday Situation (Bayesian-type Problems) : Ödön Vancsó, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary