This paper is from Session 3D: Learning to use context in teaching statistics at school and tertiary level

which comes under Topic 3: Learning to teach statistics

Other papers under session 3D ... 3D1: The multiple roles of context in the development of students’... 3D3: Educational versions of authentic practices as contexts to teach...

(Tuesday 13th, 11:00-12:30)

Structuring contexts for statistical treatment: initializing statistical reasoning

Presenter

• Erna Lampen (Wits School of Education, South Africa)

Abstract

Teaching from everyday contexts drew my attention to the importance of learning to structure situations for statistical treatment. In this theoretical paper I argue that Mallows’ notion of solving a zeroth problem as part of the data-handling process should receive priority in introductory statistics courses for teachers who learn statistics through solving authentic problems. I discuss an example of such a structuring process and reflect on the demands it posed for the students and for me as lecturer.

Other papers under session 3D ... 3D1: The multiple roles of context in the development of students’... 3D3: Educational versions of authentic practices as contexts to teach...