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What sense do children make of “data” by Year 3?
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Watson, J and Fitzallen, N, What sense do children make of 'data' by Year 3?, Proceedings of the 43rd annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA), 5-8 July 2020, Singapore, pp. 409-416. (2021) [Refereed Conference Paper]
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Abstract
Statistical terms are used in everyday language and, at times, used in non-statistical ways. It
is often assumed students understand statistical terms because of their common use; however,
research into their understanding of specific statistical terms is scant. This report focuses on
58 Year 3 students’ responses to the basic question, "What does the term ‘data’ mean?", and
associated examples of data and data representations. The results indicate students are
making progress in establishing meaning about data and their representations.
Recommendations include more use of varying contexts within which students can explore
data to enrich and enhance their learning about the practice of statistics
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Conference Paper |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | data, graphs, cognition |
| Research Division: | Education |
| Research Group: | Curriculum and pedagogy |
| Research Field: | Mathematics and numeracy curriculum and pedagogy |
| Objective Division: | Education and Training |
| Objective Group: | Learner and learning |
| Objective Field: | Primary education |
| UTAS Author: | Watson, J (Professor Jane Watson) |
| ID Code: | 145307 |
| Year Published: | 2021 |
| Funding Support: | Australian Research Council (DP150100120) |
| Deposited By: | Office of the Faculty of Education |
| Deposited On: | 2021-07-14 |
| Last Modified: | 2021-09-24 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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