This paper is from Session 10G: One hundred years of progress — teaching statistics 1910 to 2010: what have we learned?

which comes under Topic 10: An international perspective on statistics education

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(Monday 12th, 14:00-16:00)

One hundred years of progress — teaching statistics 1910 to 2010: what have we learned? Part 1: It’s not mathematics but real data in context

Presenter

• Neville Davies (RSS Centre for Statistical Education, United Kingdom)

Co-authors

• Vic Barnett (Retired, United Kingdom)
• John Marriott (RSS Centre for Statistical Education, United Kingdom)

Abstract

In these two papers we review teaching statistics, statistical education and related outreach activities by a range of providers since the beginning of the last century. We discuss the extent and form of relevant published papers, books and conferences and give examples of where these have influenced teaching practice. In this part we show that by learning the lessons that (i) statistical and mathematical thinking are different and (ii) the goal of statistics of getting information from real data in context are both prerequisites for improving statistical literacy in people of all ages.

Other papers under session 10G ... 10G1: Florence Nightingale (d.1910): passionate educator? 10G2: Evolutions and revolutions in government statistics, and what we need... 10G4: One hundred years of progress — teaching statistics 1910 to 2010:...