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Exploring beginning inference with novice grade 7 students
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Watson, JM, Exploring beginning inference with novice grade 7 students, Statistics Education Research Journal, 7, (2) pp. 59-82. ISSN 1570-1824 (2008) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2008 International Association for Statistical Education
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Abstract
This study documented efforts to facilitate ideas of beginning inference in novice
grade 7 students. A design experiment allowed modified teaching opportunities in
light of observation of components of a framework adapted from that developed by
Pfannkuch for teaching informal inference with box plots. Box plots were replaced by
hat plots, a feature available with the software TinkerPlotsTM. Data in TinkerPlots
files were analyzed on four occasions and observed responses to tasks were
categorized using a hierarchical model. The observed outcomes provided evidence of
change in students’ appreciation of beginning inference over the four sessions.
Suggestions for change are made for the use of the framework in association with the
intervention and the software to enhance understanding of beginning inference.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | statistics education research, hat plots, informal inference, middle school students, TinkerPlots |
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: | Learner and learning not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Watson, JM (Professor Jane Watson) |
ID Code: | 53840 |
Year Published: | 2008 |
Deposited By: | Education |
Deposited On: | 2009-01-12 |
Last Modified: | 2012-11-28 |
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