This paper is from Session 2D: Using technology at school level to enhance statistical understanding

which comes under Topic 2: Statistics education at the school level

Other papers under session 2D ... 2D2: Enhancing students’ inferential reasoning: from hands on to... 2D3: Fathom that!: an ethnography of the use of interactive data analysis... 2D4: Using data to make sense of statistics: the role of technology in...

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

Statistical software for teaching: relevant, appropriate and affordable

Presenter

• Stewart Andrews (VSN International, United Kingdom)

Abstract

Students need to have a good grounding in statistics given how important it is in many disciplines—scientific or otherwise. But it isn’t just the statistics that is important, it’s statistical software. Computer hardware and software developments together with the accessibility of data have accelerated the need for students to understand how their learning is used in the real world. It isn’t just a formula, it’s used by many through the world in their everyday life. In order to equip our young people with life skills we should be teaching them, not just the basics of statistics, but teaching them with tools they will encounter later in life. By using a software system that is and always has been designed by everyday users of statistical analysis, we can show students the relevance of their learning. GenStat for Teaching is a menu driven, world class statistics system used by statisticians, scientists and researchers across the world

Other papers under session 2D ... 2D2: Enhancing students’ inferential reasoning: from hands on to... 2D3: Fathom that!: an ethnography of the use of interactive data analysis... 2D4: Using data to make sense of statistics: the role of technology in...