This paper is from Session 8D: Research on technology in statistics education

which comes under Topic 8: Research in statistics education

Other papers under session 8D ... 8D1: Introducing concepts of statistical inference via randomization tests 8D3: Developing students’ computer-supported simulation and modelling... 8D4: Conceptual issues in quantifying expectation: insights from...

(Friday 16th, 14:00-16:00)

Development of ideas in data and chance through the use of tools provided by computer-based technology

Presenter

• Sibel Kazak (Pamukkale University, Turkey)

Co-author

• Cliff Konold (University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States)

Abstract

To support middle school students’ learning of data and chance, we have developed a set of classroom activities along with a probability simulation tool integrated into a future version of the dynamic data analysis software TinkerPlots (Konold & Miller, 2004). The activities and the software were designed to build on students’ current intuitions. In this paper, we describe the modeling and simulation capabilities of TinkerPlots and how particular features influence the formation of new ideas as students begin to perceive data as comprising signal and noise.

Other papers under session 8D ... 8D1: Introducing concepts of statistical inference via randomization tests 8D3: Developing students’ computer-supported simulation and modelling... 8D4: Conceptual issues in quantifying expectation: insights from...