This is a session of Topic 3: Learning to teach statistics

Other sessions under topic 3 ... 3A: Professional development of teachers 3B: Pre-service preparation for primary teachers 3D: Learning to use context in teaching statistics at school and tertiary level 3E: Learning to teach data-based statistics at school and tertiary level 3F: Similarities and contrasts in teaching mathematical and statistical thinking 3G: Diversity in types of teaching at the tertiary level 3H: Joint ICMI/IASE study on statistics education in school mathematics: challenges for teaching and t… 3I: Practicum learning to teach statistics: perspectives from young staff

(Wednesday 14th, 11:00-13:00)

The impact of technology on learning to teach statistics

Organizer

• Rolf Biehler (Germany)

Abstract

Technology has an impact on learning to teach statistics in the following first sense. Teachers have to be enabled to use technology for supporting their students’ learning of statistics. This requirement has implications for teacher knowledge and teacher competence. We have to analyze the specific pedagogical content knowledge for using technology in statistics education.

In a second sense, technology may be used to enhance teacher education courses. In this session we will not only discuss the use of tools and applets. A broader use of e-learning and online courses that include interactive elements and tool use is one of the foci.

Online courses have to develop a practical approach to the components of teacher knowledge. By that they can also be very good illustrations, materializations and objects of study for theoretical approaches to teacher knowledge.

Papers

Paper	Title	Presenter(s) / Author(s)
3C1	A model for teacher knowledge as a basis for online courses for professional development of statistics teachers	Thomas Wassong (Germany) Rolf Biehler (Germany)
3C2	Students’ understanding and reasoning about sample size and the law of large numbers after a computer-intensive introductory course on stochastics	Carmen Maxara (Germany) Rolf Biehler (Germany)
3C3	An attempt to reconcile teaching content, pedagogy, and software in an online course for teachers	William Finzer (United States)
3C4	High school teachers’ reasoning about data analysis in a dynamics statistical environment	Santiago Inzunsa (Mexico) José Alfredo Juárez (Mexico)

Other sessions under topic 3 ... 3A: Professional development of teachers 3B: Pre-service preparation for primary teachers 3D: Learning to use context in teaching statistics at school and tertiary level 3E: Learning to teach data-based statistics at school and tertiary level 3F: Similarities and contrasts in teaching mathematical and statistical thinking 3G: Diversity in types of teaching at the tertiary level 3H: Joint ICMI/IASE study on statistics education in school mathematics: challenges for teaching and t… 3I: Practicum learning to teach statistics: perspectives from young staff