If you, or one of your students, have recently completed a PhD or other doctoral degree with a dissertation in statistics education, please get in contact with Matt Beckman so that the details can be added here.
| Year | Author | Institution | Title | Supervisor | Files |
| 2023 | Kit H. Clement | Portland State University, USA | Identifying Advantages to Teaching Linear Regression in a Modeling and Simulation Introductory Statistics Curriculum | Jennifer Noll & Eva Thanheiser | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2023 | Karin Landtblom | Stockholm University, Sweden | Mean, median, and mode in school years 4–6: A study about aspects of statistical literacy | L Sumpter, J Sayers, K Larsson | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2023 | Lonneke Boels | Utrecht University, Netherlands | Histograms: An educational eye | P.H.M. Drijvers, W. Van Dooren, A. Bakker | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2023 | Nina G. Bailey | University of North Carolina Charlotte, USA | Describing Critical Statistical Literacy Habits of Mind | Allison W. McCulloch | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2023 | Anna Fergusson | University of Auckland, NZ | Towards an integration of statistical and computational thinking | Maxine Pfannkuch, Chris Wild, & Stephanie Budgett | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2023 | V.N. Vimal Rao | University of Minnesota, USA | A Multi-Modal Multiple Descriptive Case Study of Graduate Students’ Statistical Thinking in Statistical Tests Seven Months After Completing a Simulation-Based Introductory Level Course | Robert delMas and Andrew Zieffler | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2022 | Karle Flanagan | University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne, USA | Improving data science labs for promoting students’ computational action and social justice awareness: A design-based research study | Gloriana González | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2022 | Sayali Phadke | Penn State University, USA | Measurement, assessment, and improvement of statistical literacy in relevant contexts | Matthew Beckman and David Hunter | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2022 | Chelsey Legacy | University of Minnesota, USA | Understanding the development of students' multivariate statistical thinking in a data visualization course | Robert delMas and Andrew Zieffler | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2022 | Elizabeth Eisenhauer | Penn State University, USA | Advances in stochastic models for animal movement and assessment of attitudes toward probability (n.b. Dissertation includes a mixture of projects related and unrelated to statistics education) | Ephraim Hanks and Matthew Beckman | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2021 | Heather A. Barker | North Carolina State University, USA | Motivation, Engagement, and Professional Growth of Participants in Online Professional Development Courses for Statistics Educators | Hollylynne Lee | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2021 | Felipe Andrés Ruz Ángel | Universidad de Granada, España | Formación estadística de futuros profesores de matemática chilenos (Statistics Training of Pre-Service Chilean Mathematics Teachers) | José Miguel Contreras García | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2021 | Amanda Kay Thomas | University of Denver | A grounded theory inquiry into the pedagogical socialization of graduate students within graduate quantitative methods courses | Bruce Uhrmacher | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2021 | Jonathan Brown | University of Minnesota | Student Understanding of the Hypothetical Nature of Simulations in Introductory Statistics | Robert delMas and Andrew Zieffler | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2020 | Cassio Cristiano Giordano | Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Brasil | Concepções sobre Estatística: um estudo com alunos do ensino médio (High School Students' Conceptions of Statistics: a case study) | Cileda Coutinho | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2020 | Alberto Santana Ortega | Centro de Investigación en Ciencia Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada (Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México) | A pre-service telesecondary teachers' study on project-based statistics learning (Dissertation in Spanish; Abstract available in English) | Ana Luisa Gómez Blancarte | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2020 | Taylor R. Harrison | North Carolina State University | Decision-Making of Secondary Statistics Teachers | Hollylynne Lee | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2020 | Kristen E. Roland | University of Georgia | Student conceptualization of the interpretation of the confidence interval and the confidence level: Identifying similarities and differences in student concept images of confidence intervals | Jennifer J. Kaplan and Amy Ellis | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2020 | Hiroto Fukuda | Hiroshima University | Research towards a Principle for the Statistics Curriculum in Japan from the Perspective of Context | Takuya Baba, Kinya Shimizu, Takayoshi Maki, Hideki Iwasaki, & Maxine Jeanette Pfannkuch | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2020 | Layla Guyot | Texas State University | Transition between education and profession: Experiences of statisticians | Alex White | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2020 | Allison Theobold | Montana State University | Supporting Data-intensive Environmental Science Research: Data Science Skills for Scientific Practitioners of Statistics | Stacey Hancock | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2019 | Jesús Del Pino Ruiz | University of Jaén | Dispersion measures in compulsory secondary education: analysis of textbooks and student understanding. | Antonio Estepa Castro | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2019 | Christina N. Azmy | North Carolina State University | Secondary Mathematics Preservice Teacher Development of Statistics Teaching Self-Efficacy | Hollylynne Lee | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2019 | Ethan Brown | University of Minnesota | Growing Certain: Students’ Mechanistic Reasoning about the Empirical Law of Large Numbers | Robert delMas and Andrew Zieffler | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2019 | Kelly Findley | Florida State University | Connecting Disciplinary and Pedagogical Spaces in Statistics: Perspectives from Graduate Teaching Assistants | Ian Whitacre and Elizabeth Jakubowski | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2018 | Susanne Podworny | University of Paderborn | Simulations and randomization tests with TinkerPlots - Theoretical tool analysis for stochastic simulation, and an exploratory case study on statistical reasoning with randomization tests. (Dissertation in German, Abstract available in English) | Rolf Biehler and Joachim Engel | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2018 | Michael Daiga | Indiana University | Preservice Teachers Knowledge and Use of Transnumeration | Peter Kloosterman | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2018 | Christian Büscher | TU Dortmund University | Mathematical Literacy on Statistical Measures | Susanne Prediger and Dave Pratt | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2017 | Steven Foti | University of Florida | High School Students’ Understanding of Variability | Tim Jacobbe | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2017 | Oguz Koklu | University of Georgia | Undergraduate Students' Informal Notions of Variability | Jennifer J. Kaplan | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2017 | Kemal Akoglu | North Carolina State University | Blending Online Coursework and Small Learning Communities to Examine Professional Growth in Teaching Statistics: A Phenomenological Case Study | Hollylynne Lee | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2017 | Victoria Weber | North Carolina State University | Defining the Relationship Between Learning Statistical Computing and a Student’s Ability to Think and Reason Statistically | Hollylynne Lee | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2017 | Alexander Lyford | University of Georgia | Investigating Undergraduate Student Understanding of Graphical Displays of Quantitative Data through Machine Learning Algorithms | Jennifer J. Kaplan | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2017 | Elizabeth Brondos Fry | University of Minnnesota | Introductory Statistics Students' Conceptual Understanding of Study Design and Conclusions | Robert delMas and Andrew Zieffler | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2017 | Jason Dolor | Portland State University | Investigating Statistics Teachers' Knowledge of Probability in the Context of Hypothesis Testing | Jennifer Noll | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2017 | Byungjoo Tak | Seoul National University | Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers' Statistical Knowledge for Teaching to Develop Statistical Literacy: Focusing on the Teaching of Sample (Dissertation in Korean, abstract available in English) | Kyeong-Hwa Lee | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2017 | Nicola Justice | University of Minnesota | Statistics Graduate Students’ Professional Development for Teaching: A Communities of Practice Model | Joan Garfield and Andrew Zieffler | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2017 | Laura Le | University of Minnesota | Assessing the Development of Students' Statistical Thinking: An Exploratory Study | Joan Garfield and Andrew Zieffler | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2016 | Catherine Case | University of Florida | Reasoning about Inference Using Traditional and Simulation-based Inference Models | Tim Jacobbe | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2016 | Jennifer N. Lovett | North Carolina State University | The Preparedness of Preservice Secondary Mathematics Teachers to Teach Statistics: A Cross-Institutional Mixed Methods Study | Hollylynne S. Lee | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2016 | Abdullah Mohammed Alomir | University of Glasgow | The experience of teaching statistics to non-specialist students in Saudi universities | John McColl and Catherine Bovill | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2016 | Anelise G. Sabbag | University of Minnesota | Examining the Relationship between Statistical Literacy and Statistical Reasoning | Joan Garfield and Andrew Zieffler | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2016 | Ruth A. Best | Walden University | An Online Statistics Course From Faculty and Students’ Perspectives: A Case Study | Elina Lampert-Shepel | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2015 | Whitney Alicia Zimmerman | Penn State University | Impact of instructional materials eliciting low and high cognitive load on self-efficacy and demonstrated knowledge | Jonna M. Kulikowich and P. Karen Murphy | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2015 | Adam Molnar | University of Georgia | High School Mathematics Teachers' Knowledge and Views of Conditional Probability | Jennifer J. Kaplan | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2015 | Basil Conway | Auburn University | A Comparison of High School Students’ Development of Statistical Reasoning Outcomes in High and Low Statistical Reasoning Learning Environments | Gary Martin | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2015 | Matthew Beckman | University of Minnesota | Assessment of cognitive transfer outcomes for students of introductory statistics | Joan Garfield, Robert delMas | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2015 | Anna Helga Jónsdóttir | University of Iceland | Development and testing of an open learning environment to enhance statistics and mathematics education | Gunnar Stefánsson | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2015 | Amelia Ahlers McNamara | University of California, Los Angeles | Bridging the Gap Between Tools for Learning and for Doing Statistics | Robert Gould, Fredrick R Paik Schoenberg | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2014 | Rachel Graham | Iowa State University | Exploring the quality, usability, and use of learning objects in introductory statistics classrooms | Barbara Dougherty, Anne Foegen, Stephen Gilbert | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2014 | Jennifer L. Loveland | Utah State University | Traditional Lecture versus an Activity Approach for Teaching Statistics: A Comparison of Outcomes | Kady Schneiter | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2014 | Soledad Estrella | Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso | The Table Object: An Epistemological, Cognitive, and Didactic Study | Arturo Mena Lorca, Dani Ben-Zvi | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2014 | Laura Ziegler | University of Minnesota | Reconceptualizing statistical literacy: Developing an assessment for the modern introductory statistics course | Joan Garfield, Michelle Everson | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2014 | Alain Bihan-Poudec | Université Catholique de l | Des chiffres et des êtres. Étude introductive à l’identification de la représentation sociale de la statistique chez des étudiants de premier cycle en Sciences humaines et sociales en France. (Numbers and human beings. Introductory study to identify the social representation of the statistics among undergraduate students in the humanities and social sciences in France. -- Abstract in English) | François Larose, Jean-Pierre Boutinet | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2013 | Pip Arnold | The University of Auckland | Statistical investigative questions: An enquiry into posing and answering investigative questions from existing data | Maxine Pfannkuch and Chris Wild | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2013 | Adri Dierdorp | Utrecht University, the Netherlands | Learning Correlation and Regression within Authentic Contexts | J.A. vanMaanen, H.M.C. Eijkelhof, A. Bakker | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2013 | Dung Tran | University of Missouri - Columbia | Learning trajectories related to bivariate data in contemporary high school mathematics textbook series in the United States | James E. Tarr | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2013 | Virginia Kinnear | Queensland University of Technology | Young children's statistical reasoning: a tale of two contexts | Lyn English and Susan Danby | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2013 | James Baglin | RMIT University | Evaluating learning theory-based methods for improving the learning outcomes of introductory statistics courses | Cliff DaCosta | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2013 | Bridgette Jacob | Syracuse University | The Development of Introductory Statistics Students' Informal Inferential Reasoning and Its Relationship to Formal Inferential Reasoning | Helen Doerr | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2012 | Héctor Colón Rosa | University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras | Attitudes of University Students who took Statistics Introductory Courses and its Relationship with the Academic Success in the Subject (Dissertation in Spanish, abstract available in English) | Omar A. Hernández, Claudia X. Álvarez and Marco Antonio Martínez | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2012 | Anthony Bill | University of Tasmania | Using Fathom® statistical education software in high school to examine students’ acceptance of virtual simulation and use of simulation to model sample size when sampling from large and infinite populations | Jane Watson, Rosemary Callingham | Abstract
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| 2012 | Noleine Fitzallen | University of Tasmania | Reasoning about Covariation with TinkerPlots | Jane Watson, Natalie Brown | Abstract
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| 2012 | Jiyoon Park | U. Minnesota, USA | Developing and Validating an Instrument to Measure College Students’ Inferential Reasoning in Statistics: An argument-based approach to validation | Robert delMas, Joan Garfield | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2012 | Audbjorg Bjornsdottir | U. Minnesota, USA | Evaluating the Use of Two Different Models of Collaborative Tests in an Online Introductory Statistics Course | Joan Garfield, Michelle Everson | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2012 | Caroline Ramirez-Faghih | U. Cal. Davis, USA | Fostering Change in College Students’ Statistical Reasoning and Motivation through Statistical Investigation | Rebecca Ambrose, Jessica Utts | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2011 | Tina T. Starling | North Carolina State University | Comparing discourse in face-to-face and synchronous online mathematics teacher education: Effects on prospective teachers’ development of knowledge for teaching statistics with technology | Hollylynne Lee | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2011 | Maryann E. Huey | University of Missouri - Columbia | Characterizing Middle and Secondary Preservice Teachers' Change in Inferential Reasoning | James E. Tarr | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2011 | Robyn Reaburn | University of Tasmania | Students’ Understanding of Statistical Inference: Implications for Teaching | Jane Watson, Kim Beswick | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2011 | Pamela Mery | San Francisco State U., USA | A Mixed Methods Study of a Statistics Pathway for Community College Students Placed Into Developmental Mathematics | Helen Hyun | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2011 | Monica Dabos | U. of California Santa Barbara, USA | Two-Year College Mathematics Instructors’ Conceptions of Variation | Mary Betsy Brenner, Dawn Holmes | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2011 | Mikhail Turegun | U. Oklahoma, USA | A Model for Developing and Assessing Community College Students’ Conceptions of the Range, Interquartile Range, and Standard Deviation | Stacy Reeder | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2011 | Gil Seong Mun | Chonbuk National U., South Korea | On Developing an Integrated Teaching and Learning Environment Providing a Bridge between Research Findings and Teaching Practice in Statistics Education | Kyung Soo Han | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2011 | Amanda T. Saw | Claremont Graduate U., USA | Learner Control, Expertise, and Self-Regulation: Implications for web-based statistics tutorials | Dale E. Berger | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2010 | Stijn Vanhoof | Katholieke U. Leuven, Belgium | Statistics Attitudes in University Students: Structure, stability, and relationship with achievement | Patrick Onghena | Abstract
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| 2010 | Melissa M. Sovak | U. Pittsburgh, USA | The Effect of Student-Driven Projects on the Development of Statistical Reasoning | Leon J. Gleser | Abstract
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| 2010 | Jesús Enrique Pinto Sosa | U. Salamanca, Spain | Pedagogical content knowledge on the representation of data statistics: studies (in Spanish with Abstract also in English) | María Teresa González Astudillo | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2010 | Colin Stuart Carmichael | U. Tasmania, Australia | The Development of Middle School Children’s Interest in Statistical Literacy | Rosemary Callingham, Ian Hay & Jane Watson | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2009 | Sarah Elizabeth Ives | North Carolina State University | Learning to teach probability: Relationships among preservice teachers’ beliefs and orientations, content knowledge, and pedagogical content knowledge of probability | Hollylynne Lee | Abstract
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| 2009 | Susan Peters | Pennsylvania State U., USA | Developing an Understanding of Variation: AP Statistics teachers’ perceptions and recollections of critical moments | Rose Mary Zbiek | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2009 | Pieternella S. Verhoeven | University of Utrecht, The Netherlands | Quality in Statistics Education. Determinants of Course Outcomes in Methods & Statistics Education at Universities and Colleges | Joop Hox & Mart Jan de Jong | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2009 | Jonathan Baker | Ohio State U., USA | Web-Based vs. Classroom Instruction of Statistics | Patricia Brosnan | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2009 | Jana Visnovska | Vanderbilt University, USA | Supporting Mathematics Teachers’ Learning: Building on current instructional practices to achieve a professional development agenda | Paul Cobb | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2008 | Stephanie A. Casey | Illinois State U., USA | Subject Matter Knowledge for Teaching Statistical Association | Cynthia Langrall | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2008 | Sandra Madden | Western Michigan University, USA | High School Mathematics Teachers’ Evolving Understanding of Comparing Distributions | Christian R. Hirsch | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2008 | Mark Marnich | University of Pittsburgh, USA | A Knowledge Structure for the Arithmetic Mean: Relationships between Statistical Conceptualizations and Mathematical Concepts | Ellen Ansell | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2008 | Leigh Slauson | Ohio State U. | Students’ Conceptual Understanding of Variability | Patricia Brosnan | Abstract
Dissertation |
| 2008 | Javier Alejandro Corredor | U. Pittsburgh, USA | Learning Statistical Inference Through Computer-Supported Simulation and Data Analysis | Gaea Leinhardt | Abstract
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| 2008 | Hans van Buuren | Open Universiteit Nederland | From subject-oriented to competence-based statistics education. An intervention study in a school of psychology. (Dissertation in Dutch. English Abstract includes an 6-page description in English). | Jasper von Grumbkow, Marcel van der Klink | Abstract
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| 2007 | Timothy Jacobbe | Clemson University, Sth Carolina, USA | Elementary school teachers’ understanding of essential topics in statistics and the influence of assessment instruments and a reform curriculum upon their understanding | Bob Horton, | Abstract
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| 2007 | Tim Burgess | Massey U., New Zealand | Investigating the Nature of Teacher Knowledge Needed and Used in Teaching Statistics | Margaret Walshaw & Glenda Anthony | Abstract
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| 2007 | Sharon Lane-Getaz | U. of Minnesota, USA | Development and Validation of a Research-based Assessment: Reasoning about P-values and Statistical Significance | Joan Garfield and Robert delMas | Abstract
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| 2007 | Rossi Hassad | Touro U. International, Cypress, Cal., USA | Development and Validation of a Scale for Measuring Instructors’ Attitudes toward | Anthony Coxon | Abstract
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| 2007 | Morgan Earp | University of Denver, Colorado, USA | Development and Validation of the Statistics Anxiety Measure | Kathy E. Green | Abstract
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| 2007 | Matthew Ciancetta | Portland State U., Oregon, USA | Statistics Students’ Reasoning When Comparing Distributions of Data | Michael Shaughnessy | Abstract
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| 2007 | Mario Antonio Davidson | Ohio State U., USA | Understanding the Burdens of Race at a Predominantly White University: The experiences of underrepresented students in an introductory statistics course | Patricia Brosnan, Peter Demerath, William Notz | Abstract
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| 2007 | Lucas Michel Budé | Universiteit Maastricht, The Netherlands | On the Improvement of Students’ Conceptual Understanding in Statistics Education | Martijn P.F. Berger | Abstract
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| 2007 | Jennifer Noll | Portland State U. | Graduate Teaching Assistants’ Statistical Knowledge for Teaching | Michael Shaughnessy and Karen Marrongelle | Abstract
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| 2007 | Jason Schenker | Kent State U.,USA | The Effectiveness of Technology Use in Statistics Instruction in Higher Education: A meta-analysis using hierarchical linear modeling | Shawn M. Fitzgerald | Abstract
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| 2007 | Dirk Tiemen Tempelaar | Universiteit Maastricht, The Netherlands | Expectancy-value based achievement motivations and their role in student learning (almost all in English) | W. H. Gijselaers | Abstract
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| 2007 | Debbie MacCullough | Penn State U., USA | A Study of Experts’ Understanding of Arithmetic Mean | Martin Simon | Abstract
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| 2007 | Cláudia Borim da Silva | Pontificia U. Sao Paulo, Brazil | Pensamento Estatístico e raciocínio sobre variação: um estudo com Professores de Matemática (Statistical Thinking and Variation Reasoning: a study with Mathematics Teachers - Abstract in English) | Cileda de Queiroz e Silva Coutinho | Abstract
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| 2007 | Carmen Diaz | University of Granada, Spain | Viabilidad de la enseñanza de la inferencia bayesiana en el análisis de datos en psicología (Suitability of teaching bayesian inference in data analysis courses directed to psychologists) ("Abstract" is 66 page summary in English) | Dr. Inmaculada de la Fuente | Abstract
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| 2006 | Sibel Kazak | Washington U., St Louis, USA | Investigating Elementary School Students’ Reasoning About Distributions in Various Chance Events | Jere Confrey | Abstract
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| 2006 | Jonathan Moritz | University of Tasmania, Australia | Developing Students’ Understandings and Representations of Statistical Covariation | Jane Watson | Abstract
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| 2006 | Jennifer Julia Kaplan | U. of Texas at Austin, USA | Factors in Statistics Learning: Developing a dispositional attribution model to describe differences in the development of statistical proficiency | Philip Uri Treisman | Abstract
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| 2006 | David Sears | Stanford U., USA | Effects of Innovation Versus Efficiency Tasks on Collaboration and Learning | Daniel Schwartz | Abstract
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| 2006 | Beomsoo Han | Chonbuk National U., South Korea | Design of an Introductory Statistics Education Model: Understanding of student, interaction, and activity-based learning | Kyung Soo Han | Abstract
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| 2006 | Andy Zieffler | U. of Minnesota, USA | A Longitudinal Investigation of the Development of College Students’ Reasoning About Bivariate Data During an Introductory Statistics Course | Joan Garfield | Abstract
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| 2005 | Yan Liu | Vanderbilt U., Tennesee, USA | Teachers’ understandings of probability and statistical inference and their implications for professional development | Patrick Thompson | Abstract
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| 2005 | Mari Murtonen | U. of Turku, Finland | Learning of Quantitative Research Methods - University Students’ Views, Motivation, and Difficulties in Learning | Erno Lehtinen and Erkki Olkinuora | Abstract
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| 2005 | Birgit Christina Aquilonius | U. of California, Santa Barbara, USA | How Do College Students Reason About Hypothesis Testing in Introductory Statistics Courses? | Mary E. Brenner | Abstract
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| 2004 | Teri Rysz | University of Cincinnati, USA | Metacognition in Learning Elementary Probability and Statistics | Janet C. Bobango and Daniel D. Wheeler | Abstract
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| 2004 | Maria Alejandra Sorto | Michigan State U., USA | Prospective Middle School Teachers’ Knowledge about Data Analysis and its Application to Teaching | Sharon Senk | Abstract
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| 2004 | Luis Saldanha | Vanderbilt U., USA | “Is This Sample Unusual?”: An Investigation of Students Exploring Connections Between Sampling Distributions and Statistical Inference. | Patrick Thompson | Abstract
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| 2004 | Katie M. Makar | U. of Texas at Austin, USA | Developing statistical inquiry: Prospective secondary math and science teachers’ investigations of equity and fairness through analysis of accountability data. | Jere Confrey and Jill Marshall | Abstract
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| 2004 | Daniel Lee Canada | Portland State U., USA | Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Conceptions of Variation | Mike Shaughnessy | Abstract
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| 2004 | Arthur Bakker | Freudenthal Instituut, Universiteit Utrecht, the Netherlands | Design research in statistics education: On symbolizing and computer tools. | Koeno Gravemeijer, Gellof Kanselaar & Jan de Lange | Abstract
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| 2003 | Randall E. Groth | Illinois State U., USA | Development of a High School Statistical Thinking Framework | Cynthia Langrall and Edward Mooney | Abstract
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| 2003 | Jeffrey Hovermill Shamatha | U. of Colorado, USA | Technology-Supported Inquiry Learning in Mathematics and Statistics with Fathom: A Professional Development Project | Dominic Peressini | Abstract
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| 2003 | Espasandin Lopes, C. A. | U. of Campinas, Brazil | O conhecimento profissional dos professores e suas relações com estatística e probabilidade na educação infantile (Teacher’s profesional knowledge in relation to statistics and probability in primary school education). | Anna Regina Lanner de Moura | Abstract
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| 2003 | Ana Serradó Bayés | U. of Cádiz, Spain | Dealing with Chance in Secondary School | Pilar Azcarate and Jose M. Cardeñoso | Abstract
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| 2002 | Laurie H. Rubel | Teachers College, Columbia University, USA | Probabilistic Misconceptions: Middle and High School Students’ Mechanisms for Judgments Under Uncertainty | Henry Pollak | Abstract
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| 2002 | Gwendolyn Zimmermann | Illinois State University, USA | Students’ Reasoning About Probability Simulations During Instruction | Graham A. Jones, Cynthia Langrall | Abstract
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| 2002 | Gilda Lisboa Guimarães | Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil | Interpretando E Construindo Gráficos De Barras (Interpreting and Building Bar Graphs) | Antonio Roazzi, Verônica Ferreira | Abstract
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| 2002 | Felicity Boyd | Johns Hopkins U., USA | Methods of Learning in Statistical Education: Design and analysis of a randomized trial | Marie Diener-West | Abstract
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| 2002 | Estrada, A. | Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain | Análisis de las actitudes y conocimientos estadísticos elementales en la formación del profesorado. | Carmen Batanero y Jose María Fortuny | Abstract
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| 2002 | Cazorla, I.M. | U. of Campinas, Brazil | A relação entre a habilidade viso-pictórica e o domínio de conceitos estatísticos na leitura de gráficos (The relationships between visual-pictoric ability and understanding of statistical concepts in graph reading).. | Márcia Regina Ferreira de Brito | Abstract
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| 2001 | Sharkey, C. K. | The American University | Secondary school students conceptions, factors behind achievement, and problem solving strategies with stochastic problems. | Lyn Stallings | Abstract
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| 2001 | Scott, J. S. | U. of Georgia, USA | Modeling aspects of students’ attitudes and performance in an undergraduate introductory statistics course. | Joseph Wisenbaker | Abstract
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| 2001 | Phyllis, H. | Columbia U. Teachers College, USA | The effects of using computer manipulatives in teaching probability concepts to elementary school students. | Brice R. Vogelli | Abstract
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| 2001 | Omar Rouan | Université de Rabat, France | Lecture et Interprétation des représentations graphiques des données statistiques chez les élèves et les enseignants du secondaire (Secondary school students and teachers’ reading and interpretation of statistical data graphical representations) | Driss Lamrabet | Abstract
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| 2001 | Miller, G. F. (2001). | Columbia U. Teachers College, USA | The relationship between college student learning styles and assessment methods in elementary statistics. | Phillip J. Smith | Abstract
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| 2001 | Mark Earley | U. of Toledo, Ohio, USA | Investigating the development of knowledge structures in introductory statistics. | Thomas G. Dunn | Abstract
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| 2001 | Liliana Tauber | U. of Sevilla, Spain | La construcción del significado de la distribución normal a partir de actividades de análisis de datos (Building the meaning of normal distributions from data analysis activities). | Carmen Batanero and Victoria Sánchez | Abstract
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| 2001 | Gunnarsson, C. L. | U. of Cincinnati, USA | Student attitude and achievement in an online graduate statistics course. | Suzanne W. Soled | Abstract
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| 2001 | Dani Ben-Zvi | Weizmann Inst. of Science, Isreal | Children as Explorers: Exploratory Data Analysis by Junior High School Students in a Computer Assisted Environment | Abraham Arcavi, Alex Friedlander | Abstract
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| 2001 | Condor, J. A. | U. of South Florida, USA | Effects of computer coaching in metacognitively cued elementary statistics instruction. | James, A. White and Michael F. Chappell | Abstract
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| 2001 | Bialas, P. J. | Columbia U. Teachers College | Spreadsheet use in an elementary statistics course. | Phillip J. Smith | Abstract
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| 2001 | Baloglu, M. | Texas A&M U. - Commerce, USA | An application of structural equation modeling techniques in the prediction of statistics anxiety among college students. | Paul F. Zelhart | Abstract
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| 2001 | Anne Louise Porter | U. of Wollongong, Australia | Improving Statistical Education through the Experience of Reflective Practice | John Hedberg & David Griffiths | Abstract
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| 2000 | Maria Meletiou | U. of Texas at Austin, USA | Student Understanding of Variation. An Untapped Well in Statistical Reasoning. | Jere Confrey | Abstract
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| 2000 | Maggie Back McGatha | Peabody College of Vanderbilt U., USA | Instructional Design in the Context of Classroom-Based Research: Documenting the learning of a research team as it engaged in a mathematics design experiment | | Abstract
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| 2000 | Li Jun | Nanyang Technological U., Singapore | Chinese students’ understanding of probability. | Lionel Pereira-Mendoza | Abstract
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| 2000 | Jack Miller (formerly known as Jacqueline B. Miller) | Ohio State U. | The Quest for the Constructivist Statistics Classroom: Viewing Practice Through Constructivist Theory | Emmalou Norland and William I. Notz | Abstract
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| 2000 | Hollylynne Stohl Drier | U. of Virginia, USA | Children’s Probabilistic Reasoning in a Computer Microworld | Joe Garofalo | Abstract
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