TY - BOOK ID - 56489541 TI - Developing Students' Statistical Reasoning : Connecting Research and Teaching Practice AU - Garfield, Joan B AU - Ben-Zvi, Dani AU - Chance, Beth AU - Medina, Elsa AU - Roseth, Cary AU - Zieffler, Andrew AU - SpringerLink (Online service) PY - 2008 SN - 9781402083839 9781402083822 PB - Dordrecht Springer Netherlands DB - UniCat KW - Cognitive psychology KW - Statistical science KW - Didactics KW - Didactics of mathematics KW - Higher education KW - HO (hoger onderwijs) KW - didactiek KW - cognitieve psychologie KW - statistiek KW - wiskunde KW - Mathematical statistics KW - Mathematics KW - Statistical inference KW - Statistics, Mathematical KW - Statistics KW - Probabilities KW - Sampling (Statistics) KW - Study and teaching KW - Statistical methods UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:56489541 AB - Increased attention is being paid to the need for statistically educated citizens: statistics is now included in the K-12 mathematics curriculum, increasing numbers of students are taking courses in high school, and introductory statistics courses are required in college. However, increasing the amount of instruction is not sufficient to prepare statistically literate citizens. A major change is needed in how statistics is taught. To bring about this change, three dimensions of teacher knowledge need to be addressed: their knowledge of statistical content, their pedagogical knowledge, and their statistical-pedagogical knowledge, i.e., their specific knowledge about how to teach statistics. This book is written for mathematics and statistics educators and researchers. It summarizes the research and highlights the important concepts for teachers to emphasize, and shows the interrelationships among concepts. It makes specific suggestions regarding how to build classroom activities, integrate technological tools, and assess students' learning. This is a unique book. While providing a wealth of examples through lessons and data sets, it is also the best attempt by members of our profession to integrate suggestions from research findings with statistics concepts and pedagogy. The book's message about the importance of listening to research is loud and clear, as is its message about alternative ways of teaching statistics. This book will impact instructors, giving them pause to consider: "Is what I'm doing now really the best thing for my students? What could I do better?" J. Michael Shaughnessy, Professor, Dept of Mathematical Sciences, Portland State University, USA This is a much-needed text for linking research and practice in teaching statistics. The authors have provided a comprehensive overview of the current state-of-the-art in statistics education research. The insights they have gleaned from the literature should be tremendously helpful for those involved in teaching and researching introductory courses. Randall E. Groth, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education, Salisbury University, USA ER -