This is a session of Topic 2: Statistics education at the school level

Other sessions under topic 2 ... 2A: Learners’ first experiences of handling data — focusing on 7 to 13 year olds 2B: Secondary-level statistical education 2C: Statistical education at the Secondary/Higher Education interface 2E: Improving the teaching of statistics at school level 2F: Making connections between educational research and teaching statistics at the school level

(Thursday 15th, 14:00-16:00)

Using technology at school level to enhance statistical understanding

Organizer

• Rachel Cunliffe (New Zealand)

Abstract

Technology has been an integral part of high school classroom statistics lessons for decades but has changed dramatically over time with the development of a plethora of new software and hardware. This session will look at innovative ways that high school teachers are currently using technology in their classrooms to engage and teach their students, including the use of smart boards and exploring the CensusAtSchool database.

Papers

Paper	Title	Presenter(s) / Author(s)
2D1	Statistical software for teaching: relevant, appropriate and affordable	Stewart Andrews (United Kingdom)
2D2	Enhancing students’ inferential reasoning: from hands on to “movie snapshots”	Pip Arnold (New Zealand) Maxine Pfannkuch (New Zealand)
2D3	Fathom that!: an ethnography of the use of interactive data analysis software in a statistics class of a high school serving low-income students	Vishakha Parvate (United States)
2D4	Using data to make sense of statistics: the role of technology in scaffolding understanding	Gail Burrill (United States)

Other sessions under topic 2 ... 2A: Learners’ first experiences of handling data — focusing on 7 to 13 year olds 2B: Secondary-level statistical education 2C: Statistical education at the Secondary/Higher Education interface 2E: Improving the teaching of statistics at school level 2F: Making connections between educational research and teaching statistics at the school level