This paper is from Session 4I: Challenges and different pedagogies for the teaching of statistics
which comes under Topic 4: Improving teaching and capacity in statistics education
Paper 4I1 (Thursday 12th, 14:00-15:30)
Activities to learn fundamental ideas in statistics
Presenter
- Marcos Magalhães (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Abstract
In Brazil, basic concepts of Statistics are usually presented not only in introductory statistics courses at university but also in teacher training courses. Unfortunately, most of our teachers did not have an adequate statistics preparation during their undergraduate classes and it is necessary to recall basic ideas in workshops for teachers in service. Variability, randomness, distributions and parameter estimation are examples of concepts frequently misunderstood. In this paper we discuss activities to overcome such problems. We also discuss the student’s opinion and assessments results. Simulation experiments with coins and dices, Data projects and Informal inference practices are examples of such activities. Their inclusion on regular or special course is also a way to promote collaborative and active learning process.