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Teachers' Perceptions of Best Practice in Statistical Literacy Education
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Hay, I, Teachers' Perceptions of Best Practice in Statistical Literacy Education, Data and context in statistics education: Towards an evidence-based society, 11-16 July 2010, Ljubljana, Slovenia EJ ISBN 978-90-77713-54-9 (2010) [Refereed Conference Paper]
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Abstract
This paper reports on teachers’ perceptions about how to teach students’ statistical literacy
effectively. The interview data used in the analysis were collected from high school teachers
located in 7 different schools across one Australian state as part of a 3-year longitudinal study
investigating students’ development of statistical literacy. The interview transcripts were
examined using the software package Leximancer (Smith, 2009). This program read the text and
created a concept map of the data. The resulting map supports the notion that students’
engagement with statistical programs and statistical literacy activities are enhanced when there is
a focus on the students: doing; using; understanding; and discussing.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Conference Paper |
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| Keywords: | Teachers' Perceptions of best practice in Statistical Literacy Education |
| Research Division: | Education |
| Research Group: | Curriculum and pedagogy |
| Research Field: | Mathematics and numeracy curriculum and pedagogy |
| Objective Division: | Education and Training |
| Objective Group: | Teaching and curriculum |
| Objective Field: | Pedagogy |
| UTAS Author: | Hay, I (Professor Ian Hay) |
| ID Code: | 64885 |
| Year Published: | 2010 |
| Deposited By: | Education |
| Deposited On: | 2010-09-13 |
| Last Modified: | 2012-03-21 |
| Downloads: | 9 View Download Statistics |
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